Newcastle East

11.4% of Newcastle East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

245 family households lived in Newcastle East; 27.3% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Newcastle East had 1,061 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 8.6% of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 37.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 52.2% of occupied private dwellings.

31.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

15.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

53.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Newcastle East had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 10.4% had four or more usual residents.

34.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

34.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.9% walked or cycled.

16.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 47.1% of the total.

35.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.2% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

82.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

15.2% of Newcastle East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Newcastle East.

Australian ancestry made up 29.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

37.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.7%.

Median household income was $1,891 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,238.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 34.2% in Newcastle East, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 53.2% in Newcastle East, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.