Newington

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,790 people were counted in Newington: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington there were 311 children aged 0-14 years and 424 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 1,687 people were Australian citizens, 117 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 40.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 8.7% were widowed and 40.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 89.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Newington were England 1.2%, Scotland 0.8%, New Zealand 0.6%, Germany 0.4% and Nauru 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Newington on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.6%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 13.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, Thai 0.3%, Nauruan 0.3% and German 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 852 people aged 15 years and over in Newington were in the labour force. Of these 54.7% worked full-time, 35.3% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.0% were unemployed. 587 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.3%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Newington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 7.7%, Education 7.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4%, Food Retailing 3.1% and Business Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 424 families were counted: of these, 37.0% were couple families without children, 40.1% were couple families with children, 20.5% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 676 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Newington, 89.8% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.6% were being purchased and 24.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 57.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Newington, 62.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.0% were single (or lone) person households and 5.2% were group households.