Newcomb

13.5% of Newcomb's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,180 family households lived in Newcomb; 29.1% were couple families and 25.8% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Newcomb had 4,704 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 82.9% of occupied private dwellings in Newcomb.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

31.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

25.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Newcomb had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

62.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

9.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 45.1% of the total.

45.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Newcomb's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.9% of ancestry responses in Newcomb.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.8%.

Median household income was $1,148 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Newcomb, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 42.4% in Newcomb, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..