Nyah West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 683 people in Nyah West of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Nyah West was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Nyah West aged 15 years and over, 42.9% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nyah West was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Nyah West, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nyah West was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Nyah West 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nyah West were Australian 34.3%, English 31.8%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 7.7% and German 5.3%.

In Nyah West, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.9%, Italy 1.2%, Scotland 1.0%, England 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Nyah West, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nyah West were No Religion 28.2%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 19.6%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Nyah West 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 1.3%, Italian 0.9%, Mandarin 0.7%, Turkish 0.6% and Korean 0.6%.

Employment

There were 259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nyah West. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nyah West, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nyah West was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Nyah West included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Managers 17.8%, Labourers 17.8%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2% and Professionals 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Nyah West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nyah West was $370.

In Nyah West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 5.5%, Truck 1.3% and Other 1.3%. 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 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nyah West, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Nyah West, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nyah West, 41.7% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 21.4% were one parent families.

In Nyah West 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nyah West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,639 and those without children was $724.

Employment status of couple families

In Nyah West, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nyah West, 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nyah West, 90.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

In Nyah West, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nyah West, 36.3% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Nyah West, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Nyah West, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% 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 Nyah West, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nyah West, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 55.6%) were male and 8 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Nyah West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Nyah West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $802.