New Beith

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,446 people in New Beith of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in New Beith was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.5% of the population.

Of people in New Beith aged 15 years and over, 65.6% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Beith was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In New Beith, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Beith was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In New Beith 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.2% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Beith were Australian 32.8%, English 29.8%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.7%.

In New Beith, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Poland 0.6%, Laos 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In New Beith, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Beith were Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 21.0%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In New Beith 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mon-Khmer, nec 1.3%, Hmong 0.8%, Samoan 0.8%, Spanish 0.5% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,786 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Beith. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Beith, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Beith was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in New Beith included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Managers 11.7%, Professionals 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in New Beith, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.3%, School Education 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Building Installation Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Beith was $771.

In New Beith, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 2.5%, Bus, car as driver 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Beith, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.9% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Beith, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Beith, 64.5% were couple families with children, 29.4% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

In New Beith 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Beith, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,272 and those without children was $2,080.

Employment status of couple families

In New Beith, of couple families with children, 30.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Beith, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Beith, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In New Beith, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 10.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Beith, 14.4% were owned outright, 78.6% were owned with a mortgage and 6.0% were rented.

Household composition

In New Beith, of all households, 95.3% were family households, 4.0% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In New Beith, 5.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Beith, 10.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Beith, there were 52 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 51.9%) were male and 25 (or 48.1%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Beith, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,687.

In New Beith, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,200.