Newborough

16.6% of Newborough's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,801 family households lived in Newborough; 36.5% were couple families and 21.0% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Newborough had 6,886 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 87.3% of occupied private dwellings in Newborough.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

38.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

35.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Newborough had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

70.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 38.3% of the total.

54.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.5% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.4% of Newborough's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Newborough.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.7%.

Median household income was $1,165 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,118.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 9.0% in Newborough, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 38.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 26.3% in Newborough, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..