2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Newell, where a high number of people now live alone. This shift is reflected in the typical home size, which is much smaller than in most other areas.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Newell — lower than 86% of areas.
| Newell | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Newell holds just 2.0 people, well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 34.3% of residents live alone, which is much higher than the Australian average of 25.6%.
34.3% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newell, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here, at 50.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.9%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
6.9% ▼ -67.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newell, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Newell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32133/newell/topic/family-households