Nelly Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,055 people in Nelly Bay of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Nelly Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Nelly Bay aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 18.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nelly Bay was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Nelly Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nelly Bay was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Nelly Bay 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nelly Bay were English 31.7%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.9%.

In Nelly Bay, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 5.0%, Scotland 1.1%, Netherlands 1.0% and Zimbabwe 1.0%.

In Nelly Bay, 54.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nelly Bay were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Nelly Bay 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, German 0.8%, Greek 0.6%, Thai 0.6% and Kuku Yalanji 0.5%.

Employment

There were 521 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nelly Bay. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nelly Bay, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nelly Bay was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Nelly Bay included Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Managers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Nelly Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1% and School Education 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nelly Bay was $504.

In Nelly Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.2%, Walked only 12.1%, Ferry, car as driver 9.3%, Ferry 4.7% and Car, as passenger 4.0%. On the day, 24.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nelly Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Nelly Bay, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nelly Bay, 28.5% were couple families with children, 50.3% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In Nelly Bay 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nelly Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,928 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Nelly Bay, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nelly Bay, 59.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelly Bay, 80.0% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Nelly Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelly Bay, 33.9% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nelly Bay, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Nelly Bay, 32.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Nelly Bay, 52.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nelly Bay, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 32.4%) were male and 23 (or 67.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Nelly Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Nelly Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.