Nelson (The Hills - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 471 people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW) 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 28.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) were Australian 29.0%, English 23.9%, Irish 9.5%, Maltese 6.4% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, Malta 1.3%, Taiwan 1.3% and Germany 0.8%.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) were Catholic 41.0%, Anglican 23.7%, No Religion 8.2%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW) 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Urdu 1.9%, Italian 1.7%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Mandarin 1.1% and Maltese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 273 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nelson (The Hills - NSW). Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 23.8% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) included Professionals 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Nelson (The Hills - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.3%, Other Construction Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nelson (The Hills - NSW) was $724.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Truck 5.7%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 2.3% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 56.8% were couple families with children, 32.0% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW) 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,708 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), of couple families with children, 25.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 97.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 96.6% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 27.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 49.7% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), of all households, 82.4% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.9% 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 Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 12.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 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 Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 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 Nelson (The Hills - NSW), 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.