New Lambton

18.5% of New Lambton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

2,816 family households lived in New Lambton; 45.2% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

New Lambton had 10,651 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 77.9% of occupied private dwellings in New Lambton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

35.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

33.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in New Lambton had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 24.2% had four or more usual residents.

25.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 39.5% of the total.

53.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.6% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

88.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

12.0% of New Lambton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in New Lambton.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

31.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.2%.

Median household income was $1,853 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,058.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $395 per week.

Working from home was 25.2% in New Lambton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 30.9% in New Lambton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.