2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Newstead · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Newstead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Newstead than in most similar areas. This trend has shifted the local dynamic, with a typical home now holding only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Newstead — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 40.5% of residents live by themselves, a figure that rose 17 points since 2011 and is far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical household size is smaller here than in most other areas.
40.5% ▲ +70.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Newstead, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.3%. This last group is well above the state average of 13.3% and has risen slightly since 2011.
16.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Newstead, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221054/newstead/topic/family-households