New Brighton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 293 people in New Brighton of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in New Brighton was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in New Brighton aged 15 years and over, 40.6% were married and 20.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Brighton was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In New Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Brighton was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In New Brighton 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Brighton were English 33.8%, Australian 23.3%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 9.0% and Dutch 2.5%.

In New Brighton, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Malaysia 1.4%, Canada 1.0% and Chile 1.0%.

In New Brighton, 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Brighton were No Religion 45.9%, Catholic 14.0%, Anglican 11.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In New Brighton 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 2.4%, Portuguese 2.0% and Russian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Brighton. Of these 38.0% were employed full time, 44.0% were employed part-time and 12.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Brighton, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Brighton was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in New Brighton included Professionals 25.8%, Managers 14.1%, Labourers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in New Brighton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.8%, Building Completion Services 5.4%, School Education 5.4%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 3.9% and Building Structure Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Brighton was $492.

In New Brighton, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.4% and Car, as passenger 4.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in New Brighton, 36.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Brighton, 30.6% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In New Brighton 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Brighton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In New Brighton, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Brighton, 67.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Brighton, 88.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In New Brighton, of occupied private dwellings 9.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Brighton, 33.8% were owned outright, 23.8% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In New Brighton, of all households, 62.3% were family households, 33.1% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In New Brighton, 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In New Brighton, 47.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Brighton, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 58 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In New Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In New Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,500.