2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newhaven · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newhaven
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest family group in Newhaven, representing 42.3% of households. This reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people. The area is marked by a higher number of single-person households and one-parent families than most similar places.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Newhaven — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are most common at 43.7%, while 26.5% of people live alone. This is higher than most areas, contributing to a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
26.5% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newhaven, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.5% of the local mix, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children follow closely at 41.2%.
15.5% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Newhaven splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21928/newhaven/topic/family-households