Nankin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 282 people in Nankin of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Nankin was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Nankin aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nankin was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Nankin, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nankin was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Nankin 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.9% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nankin were Australian 31.6%, English 30.2%, Irish 9.4%, German 4.5% and Australian South Sea Islander 4.0%.

In Nankin, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.4%.

In Nankin, 87.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nankin were Catholic 29.9%, No Religion 15.8%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Nankin 84.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nankin. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nankin, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nankin was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Nankin included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 14.4%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6% and Sales Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Nankin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.0%, Other Livestock Farming 3.2% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nankin was $567.

In Nankin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 2.4%, Truck 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nankin, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Nankin, 15.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nankin, 45.8% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Nankin 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nankin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,299.

Employment status of couple families

In Nankin, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nankin, 77.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nankin, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

In Nankin, of occupied private dwellings 14.3% had 1 bedroom, 25.3% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nankin, 42.2% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nankin, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Nankin, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% 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 Nankin, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nankin, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Nankin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Nankin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.