2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newcomb · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newcomb
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of homes in Newcomb are occupied by people living alone, creating a community with very small household sizes. This high number of single-person homes means Newcomb has a much lower number of people per house than the national figure.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Newcomb — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that people living alone make up 39.7% of all households, a figure far above the national average.
39.7% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newcomb, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.7% of the total, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. While 41.9% of families are couples with children, these single-parent homes are among the highest for this level of area.
23.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newcomb, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (24%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newcomb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21925/newcomb/topic/family-households