New Harbourline

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in New Harbourline of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in New Harbourline was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in New Harbourline aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Harbourline was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In New Harbourline, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Harbourline was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In New Harbourline 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 32.9% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Harbourline were Australian 25.6%, English 23.0%, Irish 12.9%, Italian 12.9% and Maltese 5.5%.

In New Harbourline, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9%, Canada 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3% and Czech Republic 0.9%.

In New Harbourline, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Harbourline were Catholic 49.5%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 8.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Pentecostal 4.4%.

In New Harbourline 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.9%, Dutch 0.9%, Croatian 0.9% and Filipino 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Harbourline. Of these 67.8% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Harbourline, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Harbourline was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in New Harbourline included Managers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.4%, Labourers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in New Harbourline, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 9.1%, Hospitals 6.2%, School Education 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Harbourline was $508.

In New Harbourline, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 4.6%, Truck 2.3% and Other 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 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Harbourline, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Harbourline, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Harbourline, 41.8% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In New Harbourline 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Harbourline, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,143 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In New Harbourline, of couple families with children, 32.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Harbourline, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Harbourline, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In New Harbourline, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Harbourline, 49.5% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In New Harbourline, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 9.7% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In New Harbourline, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Harbourline, 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Harbourline, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Harbourline, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In New Harbourline, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.