Newstead

16.3% of Newstead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Tas..

1,443 family households lived in Newstead; 39.2% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Newstead had 5,617 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Tas. average.

Separate houses made up 76.0% of occupied private dwellings in Newstead.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.4% of occupied private dwellings.

39.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

The average household in Newstead had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 19.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

65.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

One-car households formed 40.5% of the total.

53.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.9% reported a different address.

16.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

16.3% of Newstead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.7% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Newstead.

Australian ancestry made up 40.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

29.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.5%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.6%.

Median household income was $1,470 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,417.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Newstead, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..

Outright ownership was 39.7% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.

Renting accounted for 29.1% in Newstead, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..