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.
Newnham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Newnham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are well above the national figure in Newnham, where 18.0% of families fall into this category. This local trend stands out against the rest of Australia, though the typical number of people living in each home is 2.5, which is about the same as the national average.
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 Newnham — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.0% of all homes.
28.5% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newnham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 52.1%. One-parent families account for 18.0% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national average.
18.0% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newnham, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Newnham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60452/newnham/topic/family-households