2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newtown · State Electorate
Family & Households in Newtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Newtown, where only 2.0 people typically live in each home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a neighborhood dominated by single occupants and couples rather than large family groups.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Newtown — lower than 99% of areas.
| Newtown | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 39% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen nearly 10 points since 2011 and is far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This trend helps explain why the typical household size is among the lowest for similar areas.
38.6% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Newtown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 45%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 9.8% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen significantly since 2011.
9.8% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Newtown splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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/sed/SED10059/newtown/topic/family-households