Nilgen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 388 people in Nilgen of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Nilgen was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Nilgen aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nilgen was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Nilgen, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nilgen was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Nilgen 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.3% were in primary school, 9.2% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nilgen were English 32.6%, Australian 23.9%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.3% and Italian 3.8%.

In Nilgen, 62.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, Scotland 2.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Vietnam 2.1% and Serbia 1.5%.

In Nilgen, 53.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nilgen were No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Buddhism 2.3%.

In Nilgen 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.6%, Serbian 1.8%, German 1.5%, Afrikaans 0.8% and Croatian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nilgen. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nilgen, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nilgen was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Nilgen included Managers 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Professionals 13.1%, Labourers 13.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Nilgen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.2%, Metal Ore Mining 4.6%, Other Mining Support Services 3.8% and Residential Building Construction 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nilgen was $469.

In Nilgen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.6%, Bus 6.9%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 3.1% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nilgen, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Nilgen, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nilgen, 32.1% were couple families with children, 64.2% were couple families without children and 3.7% were one parent families.

In Nilgen 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nilgen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Nilgen, of couple families with children, 6.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 13.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nilgen, 51.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 48.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nilgen, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nilgen, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nilgen, 46.1% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Nilgen, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 11.2% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Nilgen, 21.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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.

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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Nilgen, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nilgen, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Nilgen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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