New Town

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,005 people were counted in New Town: of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town there were 1,087 children aged 0-14 years and 1,685 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 5,492 people were Australian citizens, 754 were born overseas and 62 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 38.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.4% were separated or divorced, 11.3% were widowed and 35.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 80.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within New Town were England 3.2%, Italy 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Poland 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in New Town on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.7%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 19.0%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.3%, Greek 1.0%, Polish 0.7%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6% and Spanish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,533 people aged 15 years and over in New Town were in the labour force. Of these 53.7% worked full-time, 35.1% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.8% were unemployed. 2,135 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in New Town, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.3%, Education 5.3%, Business Services 4.6%, Government Administration 3.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 1,284 families were counted: of these, 36.2% were couple families without children, 41.0% were couple families with children, 20.6% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 2,545 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in New Town, 65.1% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.9% were being purchased and 36.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in New Town, 50.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 41.3% were single (or lone) person households and 3.7% were group households.