2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newport
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Newport than in most other areas, with 2.6 people per home. This reflects a community where families are the norm, as two-thirds of all households consist of couples raising children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Newport — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Fewer people live alone here compared to the state and national figures, with only 21.5% of households being single-person homes.
21.5% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newport, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the vast majority of the area, with couples with children accounting for 66.5%. One-parent families represent 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure.
10.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newport, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21934/newport/topic/family-households