Newtown Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Newtown (2042) is a suburb of Sydney, Inner West, New South Wales. It is about 4 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney.

In the 2011 Census the population of Newtown is 14,148 and is comprised of 49.7% males and 50.3% females.

The median/average age of the Newtown population is 32 years of age, 5 years below the Australian average.

60.5% of people living in Newtown were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.4%, United States of America 1.4%, China 1.2%, Ireland 1.1%.

74.4% of people speak English as their first language 1.8% Greek, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.1% Spanish, 1.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Newtown is 44.7% No Religion, 16.3% Catholic, 10% Anglican, 3.9% Buddhism, 2.9% Eastern Orthodox.

23.2% of people are married, 66.1% have never married and 6.8% are separated or divorced. There are 254 widowed people living in Newtown.

67.1% of the people living in Newtown are employed full time, 24.1% are working on a part time basis. Newtown has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people from Newtown are Professionals 43%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8%, Sales Workers 6.5%, Labourers 2.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

The median individual income is $933.00 per week and the median household income is $1753.00 per week.

15.8% of homes are fully owned, and 25.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 56.7% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Newtown is $425 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.