2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newlands Arm · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share each roof in Newlands Arm than in most other areas. Small household sizes are common here, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Newlands Arm — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Over half of all homes house two people, while only 21% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
21.0% ▲ +50.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Newlands Arm, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 21%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up a large share of the area at 53.2%. One-parent families are much less common here than elsewhere, making up only 7.7% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
7.7% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Newlands Arm, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newlands Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21930/newlands-arm/topic/family-households