Newman

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,478 people in Newman of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Newman was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.2% of the population.

Of people in Newman aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newman was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Newman, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newman was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Newman 37.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 9.0% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newman were Australian 28.2%, English 21.3%, Irish 5.9%, Scottish 5.7% and Australian Aboriginal 2.3%.

In Newman, 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.4%, England 2.4%, Philippines 1.6%, South Africa 1.4% and Zimbabwe 1.1%.

In Newman, 54.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newman were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 21.4%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 2.4% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Newman 70.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Shona 1.0%, Tagalog 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Martu Wangka 0.9% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,906 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newman. Of these 78.0% were employed full time, 12.5% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newman, 5.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newman was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Newman included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.9%, Professionals 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.6%, Managers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Newman, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 37.0%, Other Mining Support Services 5.1%, School Education 4.7%, Accommodation 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newman was $1,538.

In Newman, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.9%, Car, as passenger 10.6%, Walked only 8.2%, Bus 8.2% and Bicycle 3.1%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newman, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 4.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Newman, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newman, 59.6% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Newman 44.0% of single parents were male and 56.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newman, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,256 and those without children was $3,384.

Employment status of couple families

In Newman, of couple families with children, 36.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.7% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newman, 73.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newman, 86.4% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Newman, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newman, 4.8% were owned outright, 14.7% were owned with a mortgage and 76.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Newman, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Newman, 2.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 40.7% 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 Newman, 31.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newman, there were 548 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 283 (or 51.6%) were male and 265 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Newman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,555.

In Newman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $366.