Nariel Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 258 people in Nariel Valley of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Nariel Valley was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.8% of the population.

Of people in Nariel Valley aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nariel Valley was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Nariel Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nariel Valley was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Nariel Valley 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 33.8% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nariel Valley were Australian 36.3%, English 31.8%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 9.5% and German 4.8%.

In Nariel Valley, 91.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.7%, Germany 1.5% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.5%.

In Nariel Valley, 86.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nariel Valley were Anglican 29.1%, No Religion 22.9%, Uniting Church 14.3%, Catholic 12.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Nariel Valley 98.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nariel Valley. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nariel Valley, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nariel Valley was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Nariel Valley included Managers 56.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Labourers 7.6%, Professionals 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Nariel Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 31.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.1%, School Education 6.3%, Local Government Administration 5.6% and Hospitals 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nariel Valley was $487.

In Nariel Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.4%, Walked only 4.9%, Other 3.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.1%. 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 51.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nariel Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 18.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 46.3% 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 Nariel Valley, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nariel Valley, 45.7% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 4.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Nariel Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,171 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Nariel Valley, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nariel Valley, 81.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nariel Valley, 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 Nariel Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nariel Valley, 54.5% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nariel Valley, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Nariel Valley, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Nariel Valley, 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nariel Valley, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 1 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 Nariel Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Nariel Valley, 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.