2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Newtown than in most similar areas. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, the area has a very low rate of single-parent families. This suggests a community largely made up of traditional family units.
2.6
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- 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 Newtown — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Newtown holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 24.6% of households are people living alone, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
24.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.6%. Only 8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newtown, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21937/newtown/topic/family-households