Newcastle West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 594 people in Newcastle West of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Newcastle West was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Newcastle West aged 15 years and over, 26.5% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newcastle West was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Newcastle West, of people aged 15 years and over, 24.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newcastle West was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Newcastle West 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.5% were in primary school, 6.0% in secondary school and 42.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newcastle West were English 27.4%, Australian 21.5%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.3%.

In Newcastle West, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, England 1.3%, Saudi Arabia 1.3% and Brazil 0.7%.

In Newcastle West, 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newcastle West were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 16.3%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Islam 3.2%.

In Newcastle West 75.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.5%, Cantonese 1.5%, Tagalog 1.0%, Mandarin 0.8% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 337 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newcastle West. Of these 73.0% were employed full time, 19.3% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newcastle West, 5.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newcastle West was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Newcastle West included Professionals 32.8%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 6.8%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Newcastle West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.0%, Defence 4.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.4% and Recreational Goods Retailing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newcastle West was $778.

In Newcastle West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.3%, Walked only 14.6%, Bus 5.3%, Car, as passenger 4.7% and Train 3.4%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newcastle West, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.7% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Newcastle West, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newcastle West, 23.0% were couple families with children, 54.9% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Newcastle West 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newcastle West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $2,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Newcastle West, of couple families with children, 39.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newcastle West, 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle West, 11.7% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 85.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Newcastle West, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 58.4% had 2 bedrooms and 21.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle West, 16.5% were owned outright, 19.7% were owned with a mortgage and 58.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Newcastle West, of all households, 38.9% were family households, 47.1% were single person households and 13.9% were group households.

In Newcastle West, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Newcastle West, 55.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newcastle West, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 63.6%) were male and 4 (or 36.4%) were female. The median age was 25 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Newcastle West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Newcastle West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.