Newcastle West

5.4% of Newcastle West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

330 family households lived in Newcastle West; 20.6% were couple families and 9.7% were one-parent families.

19.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Newcastle West had 1,453 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 1.7% of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 94.1% of occupied private dwellings.

25.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

18.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Newcastle West had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 49.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 4.1% had four or more usual residents.

30.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

40.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

3.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.6% walked or cycled.

14.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 63.1% of the total.

22.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

14.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 85.1% reported a different address.

24.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

79.3% of residents used only English at home.

16.9% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

24.8% of Newcastle West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.2% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Newcastle West.

Australian ancestry made up 28.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.1% of responses.

34.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.1%.

Median household income was $1,639 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 30.0% in Newcastle West, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 25.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 56.1% in Newcastle West, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.