New Town (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,969 people in New Town (Tas.) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in New Town (Tas.) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in New Town (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Town (Tas.) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In New Town (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Town (Tas.) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In New Town (Tas.) 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 29.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Town (Tas.) were Australian 29.1%, English 28.8%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 6.6% and German 2.8%.

In New Town (Tas.), 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, India 1.4%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 0.9% and Sudan 0.8%.

In New Town (Tas.), 65.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Town (Tas.) were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 22.2%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In New Town (Tas.) 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.9%, Mandarin 0.7%, Polish 0.7% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,948 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Town (Tas.). Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Town (Tas.), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Town (Tas.) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in New Town (Tas.) included Professionals 31.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Managers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in New Town (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.5%, School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Hospitals 5.0% and Central Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Town (Tas.) was $565.

In New Town (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Walked only 10.4%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Bus 7.7% and Bicycle 2.0%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Town (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Town (Tas.), 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Town (Tas.), 42.5% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In New Town (Tas.) 23.0% of single parents were male and 77.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Town (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,462 and those without children was $2,141.

Employment status of couple families

In New Town (Tas.), of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% 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 New Town (Tas.), 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Town (Tas.), 67.7% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In New Town (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 13.8% had 1 bedroom, 31.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Town (Tas.), 28.7% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 38.6% were rented.

Household composition

In New Town (Tas.), of all households, 55.7% were family households, 39.6% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In New Town (Tas.), 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Town (Tas.), 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Town (Tas.), there were 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 46.9%) were male and 69 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Town (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,228.

In New Town (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.