Newlands Arm

11.3% of Newlands Arm's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

285 family households lived in Newlands Arm; 24.9% were couple families and 7.7% were one-parent families.

17.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Newlands Arm had 866 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 99.5% of occupied private dwellings in Newlands Arm.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

66.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

26.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Newlands Arm had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 21.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 54.6%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

70.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 25.3% of the total.

74.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.2% reported a different address.

16.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

92.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.5% of Newlands Arm's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.5% of ancestry responses in Newlands Arm.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $1,143 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $335 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Newlands Arm, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 66.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 6.8% in Newlands Arm, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..