Nichols Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,464 people in Nichols Point of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Nichols Point was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Nichols Point aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nichols Point was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Nichols Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nichols Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Nichols Point 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 35.4% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nichols Point were English 30.7%, Australian 28.2%, Italian 9.3%, Irish 8.4% and Scottish 7.8%.

In Nichols Point, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Italy 1.9%, New Zealand 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.3%.

In Nichols Point, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nichols Point were Catholic 33.2%, No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Lutheran 2.4%.

In Nichols Point 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.9%, Greek 1.4%, Turkish 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 749 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nichols Point. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nichols Point, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nichols Point was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Nichols Point included Managers 17.8%, Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Nichols Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.6%, School Education 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nichols Point was $521.

In Nichols Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 1.4% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nichols Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.4% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Nichols Point, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nichols Point, 51.8% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Nichols Point 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nichols Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,830 and those without children was $1,886.

Employment status of couple families

In Nichols Point, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nichols Point, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nichols Point, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Nichols Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nichols Point, 40.3% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nichols Point, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 0.6% were group households.

In Nichols Point, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Nichols Point, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nichols Point, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Nichols Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Nichols Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.