Nerimbera

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 265 people in Nerimbera of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Nerimbera was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Nerimbera aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nerimbera was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Nerimbera, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nerimbera was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Nerimbera 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.1% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nerimbera were Australian 34.4%, English 22.5%, Scottish 11.2%, Irish 8.1% and German 5.0%.

In Nerimbera, 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 1.9%, England 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Nerimbera, 87.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nerimbera were Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 16.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Nerimbera 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.9%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nerimbera. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 16.5% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nerimbera, 3.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nerimbera was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Nerimbera included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.0%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Professionals 6.9%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Nerimbera, the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.9%, School Education 5.9%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nerimbera was $451.

In Nerimbera, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Walked only 8.5%, Truck 5.1%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Other 3.4%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nerimbera, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.1% provided care for children and 15.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Nerimbera, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nerimbera, 41.7% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Nerimbera 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nerimbera, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $3,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Nerimbera, of couple families with children, 29.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nerimbera, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nerimbera, 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 Nerimbera, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 37.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nerimbera, 41.3% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Nerimbera, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nerimbera, 30.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Nerimbera, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nerimbera, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Nerimbera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Nerimbera, 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.