2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in household patterns is evident in Newlands, where one-person homes are now more common than in many similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the local family landscape is shaped by a very small number of single-parent households.
2.4
—
- 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 Newlands — lower than 57% of areas.
| Newlands | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6251, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.8% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.5% of all households.
26.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newlands, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 3.6% of the total, a figure far below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 54.2% having children and 45.8% without.
3.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newlands, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
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 Newlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51110/newlands/topic/family-households