New Town

13.3% of New Town's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

1,645 family households lived in New Town; 37.1% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

33.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

New Town had 6,781 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Hobart average.

Separate houses made up 67.8% of occupied private dwellings in New Town.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 21.4% of occupied private dwellings.

31.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

26.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

The average household in New Town had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Hobart.

49.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Hobart average.

7.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.9% walked or cycled.

11.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Hobart average.

One-car households formed 42.8% of the total.

45.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.5% reported a different address.

27.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

73.8% of residents used only English at home.

21.5% used a language other than English at home.

3.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

27.7% of New Town's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.3% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

4.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.2% of ancestry responses in New Town.

Australian ancestry made up 31.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.4% of responses.

31.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 61.6% across Greater Hobart.

31.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 6.2% across Greater Hobart.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Hobart average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.8%.

Median household income was $1,596 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,771.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in New Town, compared with 8.1% across Greater Hobart.

Outright ownership was 31.1% locally and 34.9% across Greater Hobart. That is somewhat below the Greater Hobart average.

Renting accounted for 42.0% in New Town, against 29.6% across Greater Hobart.