Newhaven VIC 3925
519 addresses · 24 streets
Monash Electorate › Bass Coast LGA › Newhaven · 85 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Newhaven is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 547 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,328 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Phillip Island statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Newhaven itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 vet
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 gyms & sports centres
2 bakeries
1 plumber
Getting around. Bus interchange: Anderson, 8.3 km east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Newhaven.
- Newhaven Recreation Reserve Cricket, Soccer, Tennis (Outdoor)
- Newhaven Yacht Squadron Inc. Sailing
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 14.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 14.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 48.3%
Population by age in Newhaven
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 39 |
| 15-19 | 27 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 41 |
| 45-54 | 50 |
| 55-64 | 121 |
| 65-74 | 110 |
| 75-84 | 49 |
| 85+ | 21 |
Dwelling types in Newhaven
| House | 183 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 12 |
| Apartment | 14 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Newhaven
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 72 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 34 |
Top ancestries in Newhaven
| English | 237 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 213 |
| Irish | 81 |
| Scottish | 58 |
| Ancestry NS | 50 |
| Other | 31 |
Housing tenure in Newhaven
| Owned | 124 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 54 |
| Rented | 33 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Newhaven
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 65 |
| 2 | 92 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Newhaven
| Car | 133 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 17 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 43 |
Top countries of birth in Newhaven
| England | 34 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Cambodia | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Languages used at home in Newhaven
| Mandarin | 4 |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 4 |
| Khmer | 3 |
| Korean | 3 |
| Russian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
44,317 bird observations recorded near Newhaven — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (2,861)
- Australian White Ibis (2,539)
- Black Swan (2,278)
- Silver Gull (2,211)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,134)
- Masked Lapwing (1,892)
- White-faced Heron (1,862)
- Pacific Gull (1,838)
- Cape Barren Goose (1,818)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,628)
- Chestnut Teal (1,513)
- Little Raven (1,510)
- Welcome Swallow (1,464)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Newhaven
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,419)
- Australian Magpie (1,365)
- Common Starling (1,363)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,194)
- Royal Spoonbill (1,194)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,162)
- Pied Cormorant (1,125)
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,102)
- Australian Shelduck (1,092)
- Eastern Cape Barren Goose (1,036)
- Giinbaywarraymal (1,015)
- Eurasian Coot (988)
- White-fronted Chat (988)
- Straw-necked Ibis (957)
- Eurasian Blackbird (952)
- Great Egret (920)
- Red Wattlebird (897)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Newhaven:
- Churchill Island (2 km)
- Cape Woolamai (2.2 km)
- San Remo (2.6 km)
- Surf Beach (5.6 km)
- Sunderland Bay (6.7 km)
- Rhyll (6.9 km)
- Sunset Strip (7.8 km)
- Anderson (8.4 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Street (27)
- Beach Crescent (22)
- Beverley Road (5)
- Bluebird Court (6)
- Boys Home Road (66)
- Churchill Road (20)
- Cleeland Street (53)
- Couta Boat Lane (1)
- Forrest Avenue (66)
- Fowler Grove (17)
- Grant Road (3)
- Malcliff Road (41)
- Mcnair Street (2)
- Narrows Way (17)
- Old Bridge Drive (2)
- Phillip Island Road (52)
- Rennison Road (22)
- Samuel Amess Drive (1)
- School Avenue (48)
- Seafarers Way (2)
- Seaview Street (22)
- Veterans Drive (8)
- Wencliff Court (13)
- Woody Point Court (3)
