Niangala

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 142 people in Niangala of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Niangala was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Niangala aged 15 years and over, 66.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Niangala was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Niangala, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Niangala was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 0 years.

In Niangala 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 7.5% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Niangala were English 37.1%, Australian 36.0%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.2%.

In Niangala, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 2.1% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.1%.

In Niangala, 89.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Niangala were Anglican 38.0%, Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 11.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.3% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

In Niangala 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Korean 2.1%.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Niangala. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Niangala, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Niangala was 58 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Niangala were Managers 54.8%, Labourers 20.2%, Professionals 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Niangala, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 69.0%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.8%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.8%, Scientific Research Services 4.8% and Local Government Administration 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Niangala was $492.

In Niangala, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 39.3%, Walked only 10.7%, Truck 4.8% and Car as driver, truck 3.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Niangala, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.6% 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 Niangala, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Niangala, 34.8% were couple families with children, 58.7% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Niangala, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $825.

Employment status of couple families

In Niangala, of couple families with children, 35.0% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Niangala, 65.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Niangala, 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 Niangala, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Niangala, 54.1% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Niangala, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Niangala, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Niangala, 23.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Niangala, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 70 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 Niangala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Niangala, 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.