1.7 ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Port · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in New Port
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in New Port are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This creates a very different living pattern compared to the rest of the state, where households are typically much smaller and more likely to be single-occupant.
1.7
▼ -10.5%
- 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 New Port — lower than 94% of areas.
| New Port | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 5015, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has only 1.7 people, which is well below the South Australian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the fact that 51.5% of residents live alone, a proportion far above the national average of 25.6%.
51.5% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In New Port, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 51.6%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Port, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 New Port [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41024/new-port/topic/family-households