Newmarket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,444 people in Newmarket of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Newmarket was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Newmarket aged 15 years and over, 35.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newmarket was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Newmarket, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newmarket was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Newmarket 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 41.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newmarket were English 26.4%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.2%.

In Newmarket, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 2.6%, India 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.7%.

In Newmarket, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newmarket were Catholic 30.8%, No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Newmarket 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.1%, Italian 1.0%, Spanish 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7% and Korean 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,688 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newmarket. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newmarket, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newmarket was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Newmarket included Professionals 34.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Newmarket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.5%, School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and State Government Administration 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newmarket was $760.

In Newmarket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.1%, Bus 12.0%, Train 9.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7% and Walked only 3.7%. On the day, 24.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newmarket, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Newmarket, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newmarket, 43.6% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Newmarket 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newmarket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,095 and those without children was $2,394.

Employment status of couple families

In Newmarket, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newmarket, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newmarket, 57.6% were separate houses, 14.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Newmarket, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 31.2% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newmarket, 22.4% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 45.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Newmarket, of all households, 57.1% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 13.2% were group households.

In Newmarket, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Newmarket, 41.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newmarket, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 40.7%) were male and 35 (or 59.3%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Newmarket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $959.

In Newmarket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.