2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in New Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 50.8% of families in New Town are couples with children, making them the largest family group in the area. While many families live here, the suburb also has a very high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Town — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A large 34.6% of households consist of one person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size of 2.3 people is a little below the Australian average.
34.6% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →New Town splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas. This is slightly below the Tasmania state figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
13.1% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Town, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60451/new-town/topic/family-households