Newcastle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,384 people in Newcastle of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Newcastle was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Newcastle aged 15 years and over, 34.4% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Newcastle was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Newcastle, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Newcastle was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Newcastle 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.2% were in primary school, 7.2% in secondary school and 51.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Newcastle were English 27.7%, Australian 23.6%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.3%.

In Newcastle, 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, United States of America 1.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and India 0.8%.

In Newcastle, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Newcastle were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Newcastle 80.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.3%, Arabic 1.1%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.8%, German 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,519 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Newcastle. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Newcastle, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Newcastle was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Newcastle included Professionals 39.8%, Managers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Newcastle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Defence 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Newcastle was $940.

In Newcastle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Walked only 15.0%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bus 2.8% and Train 2.4%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Newcastle, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.9% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Newcastle, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Newcastle, 21.4% were couple families with children, 65.6% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Newcastle 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Newcastle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,019 and those without children was $2,602.

Employment status of couple families

In Newcastle, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Newcastle, 78.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle, 5.4% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 86.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Newcastle, of occupied private dwellings 16.0% had 1 bedroom, 41.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Newcastle, 23.1% were owned outright, 21.0% were owned with a mortgage and 54.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Newcastle, of all households, 47.9% were family households, 38.8% were single person households and 13.2% were group households.

In Newcastle, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% 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 Newcastle, 51.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Newcastle, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 64.1%) were male and 14 (or 35.9%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Newcastle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,562.

In Newcastle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $440 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,042.