2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Newington live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households shapes the local community, though the typical home still houses about 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Newington — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and Australian averages. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34% of all homes.
30.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57% of families here. One-parent families represent 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures.
15.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newington, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/family-households