New Auckland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,711 people in New Auckland of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in New Auckland was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in New Auckland aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Auckland was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In New Auckland, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Auckland was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In New Auckland 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Auckland were Australian 33.9%, English 27.4%, Scottish 6.9%, Irish 6.5% and German 5.0%.

In New Auckland, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, England 2.3%, South Africa 1.1%, Philippines 0.9% and India 0.4%.

In New Auckland, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Auckland were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In New Auckland 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Filipino 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, German 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,526 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Auckland. Of these 67.9% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Auckland, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Auckland was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in New Auckland included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Professionals 13.8%, Labourers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Managers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in New Auckland, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 10.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.6%, School Education 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Auckland was $776.

In New Auckland, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0%, Walked only 1.5% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Auckland, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 New Auckland, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Auckland, 49.7% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In New Auckland 25.3% of single parents were male and 74.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Auckland, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,773 and those without children was $2,474.

Employment status of couple families

In New Auckland, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Auckland, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Auckland, 88.5% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In New Auckland, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Auckland, 15.9% were owned outright, 43.4% were owned with a mortgage and 38.9% were rented.

Household composition

In New Auckland, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In New Auckland, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 New Auckland, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Auckland, there were 196 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 102 (or 52.0%) were male and 94 (or 48.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 New Auckland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In New Auckland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $234 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,253.