New Port

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 897 people in New Port of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in New Port was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in New Port aged 15 years and over, 32.6% were married and 18.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Port was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In New Port, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Port was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In New Port 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.8% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 19.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Port were English 28.1%, Australian 20.3%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.5% and Chinese 5.0%.

In New Port, 58.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, New Zealand 2.3%, Vietnam 2.1% and Philippines 2.0%.

In New Port, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Port were No Religion 31.8%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 10.1%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In New Port 70.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.4%, Cantonese 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.6%, Greek 1.2% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 568 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Port. Of these 73.2% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in New Port, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Port was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in New Port included Professionals 23.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in New Port, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, State Government Administration 3.1%, Hospitals 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Port was $866.

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In New Port, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Train 9.9%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bicycle 2.4% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 14.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Port, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 Port, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Port, 27.9% were couple families with children, 56.3% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In New Port 30.3% of single parents were male and 69.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Port, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,312 and those without children was $2,052.

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Employment status of couple families

In New Port, of couple families with children, 38.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Port, 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Port, 23.3% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 68.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In New Port, of occupied private dwellings 30.8% had 1 bedroom, 26.6% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Port, 10.7% were owned outright, 17.4% were owned with a mortgage and 69.2% were rented.

Household composition

In New Port, of all households, 52.7% were family households, 41.8% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In New Port, 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Port, 52.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Port, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Port, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In New Port, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.