Nairne

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,777 people were counted in Nairne: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne there were 746 children aged 0-14 years and 366 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 2,560 people were Australian citizens, 397 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 55.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.9% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 81.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Nairne were England 7.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Nairne on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 29.0%, Anglican 13.2%, Uniting Church 12.0%, Catholic 10.9% and Lutheran 6.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.6%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Polish 0.3% and Malayalam 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,388 people aged 15 years and over in Nairne were in the labour force. Of these 59.8% worked full-time, 32.1% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 608 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.3%, Associate Professionals 9.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.8%, Professionals 8.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Nairne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Health Services 4.6%, Education 4.4%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.3% and Food Retailing 4.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 788 families were counted: of these, 31.2% were couple families without children, 51.6% were couple families with children, 16.0% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 1,015 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Nairne, 95.8% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 51.1% were being purchased and 16.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Nairne, 77.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.