2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newmarket · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newmarket
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Newmarket than in most similar areas. This mix of living arrangements is balanced by a strong presence of families with children, with the typical home hosting 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Newmarket — higher than 50% of areas.
| Newmarket | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4051, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.9% of people here live by themselves, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.3% of all households.
26.9% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newmarket, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 60.7%. Only 9.6% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
9.6% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newmarket, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Newmarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32135/newmarket/topic/family-households