Nobby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 484 people in Nobby of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Nobby was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Nobby aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nobby was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nobby, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nobby was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Nobby 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nobby were Australian 32.7%, English 31.3%, Irish 10.9%, German 8.7% and Scottish 7.6%.

In Nobby, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.1%, Denmark 0.6%, Netherlands 0.6% and Northern Ireland 0.6%.

In Nobby, 83.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nobby were Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 16.2%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Lutheran 8.1%.

In Nobby 97.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 221 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nobby. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nobby, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nobby was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Nobby included Managers 23.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Nobby, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.3%, School Education 7.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.9% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nobby was $413.

In Nobby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 6.2%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Other 2.8% and Truck 2.4%. 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 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nobby, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% 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, 24.7% 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 Nobby, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nobby, 38.6% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Nobby 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nobby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Nobby, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nobby, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nobby, 94.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Nobby, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nobby, 38.4% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Nobby, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nobby, 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Nobby, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nobby, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Nobby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Nobby, 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.