Newington

18.9% of Newington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

461 family households lived in Newington; 41.2% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Newington had 1,844 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 84.0% of occupied private dwellings in Newington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

39.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Newington had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 21.2% had four or more usual residents.

18.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

56.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.0% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

10.1% of Newington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Newington.

Australian ancestry made up 39.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

36.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.6% of workers, and education and training employed 15.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

59.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.8%.

Median household income was $1,695 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $315 per week.

Working from home was 18.2% in Newington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 39.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 28.9% in Newington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..