Newstead

16.3% of Newstead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

224 family households lived in Newstead; 37.9% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

35.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Newstead had 820 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.5% of occupied private dwellings in Newstead.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

46.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Newstead had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

22.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

55.1% 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 7.7% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 34.3% of the total.

62.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Newstead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.2% of ancestry responses in Newstead.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

20.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

23.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

50.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $1,105 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 22.4% in Newstead, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.5% in Newstead, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..