Newton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,665 people in Newton of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Newton was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Newton aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newton was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Newton, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newton was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Newton 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newton were Italian 33.5%, Australian 14.5%, English 14.4%, Greek 4.4% and Chinese 3.9%.

In Newton, 63.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 11.2%, England 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, India 1.9% and Greece 1.5%.

In Newton, 33.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 55.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newton were Catholic 51.2%, No Religion 13.7%, Eastern Orthodox 6.2%, Anglican 5.1% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Newton 56.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 20.9%, Greek 3.9%, Mandarin 2.4%, Cantonese 1.5% and Korean 1.0%.

Employment

There were 2,331 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newton. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newton, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Newton included Professionals 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 13.2%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Newton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, School Education 4.4%, Hospitals 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newton was $497.

In Newton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Bus 7.9%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 1.3% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newton, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Newton, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newton, 48.2% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Newton 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,982 and those without children was $1,913.

Employment status of couple families

In Newton, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newton, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newton, 81.9% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Newton, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 61.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newton, 39.9% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Newton, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Newton, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Newton, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newton, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 34.6%) were male and 17 (or 65.4%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Newton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Newton, 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.