2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
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.
A higher share of single-parent families than the national average defines the household makeup in Newtown. While typical home sizes match the state and national figure of 2.5 people, there is a notable trend toward smaller living arrangements and solo households.
2.5
→ 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 Newtown — higher than 50% of areas.
| Newtown | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.8% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 32% of the total.
26.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the largest group, accounting for 55.9% of families.
17.7% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newtown, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32138/newtown/topic/family-households