New Lambton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,758 people in New Lambton of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in New Lambton was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in New Lambton aged 15 years and over, 45.8% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Lambton was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In New Lambton, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Lambton was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In New Lambton 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 23.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Lambton were Australian 30.6%, English 29.7%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.7% and German 2.6%.

In New Lambton, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, India 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Italy 0.5%.

In New Lambton, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Lambton were Catholic 28.4%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 21.1%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In New Lambton 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, Greek 0.6%, Macedonian 0.5%, Mandarin 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,919 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Lambton. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in New Lambton, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Lambton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in New Lambton included Professionals 28.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Managers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Labourers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in New Lambton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.5%, School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Tertiary Education 3.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Lambton was $613.

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In New Lambton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 2.9%, Bus 2.4% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Lambton, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Lambton, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Lambton, 44.9% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In New Lambton 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Lambton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,449 and those without children was $2,233.

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Employment status of couple families

In New Lambton, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Lambton, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Lambton, 78.7% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In New Lambton, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 31.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Lambton, 35.5% were owned outright, 33.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In New Lambton, of all households, 64.5% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In New Lambton, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In New Lambton, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Lambton, there were 183 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 45.4%) were male and 100 (or 54.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Lambton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In New Lambton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,820.