New Farm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,330 people in New Farm of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in New Farm was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in New Farm aged 15 years and over, 28.9% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Farm was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In New Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Farm was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In New Farm 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.0% were in primary school, 7.2% in secondary school and 38.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Farm were English 24.9%, Australian 18.2%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 8.4% and Italian 5.2%.

In New Farm, 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.9%, Italy 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4% and South Africa 1.1%.

In New Farm, 50.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Farm were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Buddhism 2.9%.

In New Farm 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.1%, Cantonese 1.9%, Mandarin 1.0%, Nepali 0.9% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 7,177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Farm. Of these 68.9% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Farm, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Farm was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in New Farm included Professionals 39.1%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in New Farm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Hospitals 4.8% and State Government Administration 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Farm was $925.

In New Farm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.8%, Bus 16.7%, Walked only 13.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bicycle 3.6%. On the day, 23.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Farm, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.5% 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, 20.8% 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 Farm, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Farm, 25.6% were couple families with children, 60.9% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In New Farm 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Farm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,290 and those without children was $2,513.

Employment status of couple families

In New Farm, of couple families with children, 33.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Farm, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Farm, 21.5% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 70.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In New Farm, of occupied private dwellings 22.0% had 1 bedroom, 40.4% had 2 bedrooms and 22.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Farm, 20.5% were owned outright, 20.0% were owned with a mortgage and 56.5% were rented.

Household composition

In New Farm, of all households, 45.1% were family households, 42.1% were single person households and 12.8% were group households.

In New Farm, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% 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 Farm, 47.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Farm, there were 99 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 51.5%) were male and 48 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Farm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,017.

In New Farm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,084.