Newlands Arm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 501 people in Newlands Arm of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Newlands Arm was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.9% of the population.

Of people in Newlands Arm aged 15 years and over, 73.0% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newlands Arm was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Newlands Arm, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newlands Arm was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Newlands Arm 19.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newlands Arm were English 41.1%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.5% and German 4.2%.

In Newlands Arm, 73.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.6%, Netherlands 1.4%, South Africa 1.2%, Germany 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In Newlands Arm, 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newlands Arm were No Religion 28.2%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Newlands Arm 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Latvian 0.6% and Hungarian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newlands Arm. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newlands Arm, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newlands Arm was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Newlands Arm included Professionals 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.0%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Managers 7.6%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Newlands Arm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 6.9%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 6.4%, School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8% and Road Freight Transport 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newlands Arm was $438.

In Newlands Arm, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 4.0% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newlands Arm, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.2% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Newlands Arm, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newlands Arm, 18.6% were couple families with children, 71.5% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Newlands Arm 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newlands Arm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,928 and those without children was $1,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Newlands Arm, of couple families with children, 6.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newlands Arm, 73.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newlands Arm, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Newlands Arm, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 65.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newlands Arm, 63.1% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 7.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Newlands Arm, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Newlands Arm, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Newlands Arm, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newlands Arm, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Newlands Arm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Newlands Arm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.