2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger household sizes have become more common in Newry over the last decade. Most residents live in family settings, with 58.7% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.7
→ 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 Newry — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Newry holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
20.5% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newry, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newry, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Newry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21935/newry/topic/family-households