Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.)

20.1% of Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

57 family households lived in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.); 40.4% were couple families and 5.3% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.) had 189 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

56.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.) had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.6%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

11.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 20.6% of the total.

75.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

78.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.6% reported a different address.

11.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.6% of Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.).

Australian ancestry made up 48.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.8% reported asthma, 16.4% arthritis and 8.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.1%.

Median household income was $1,025 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $103 per week.

Working from home was 11.8% in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.), compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 56.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.), against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..