Numinbah Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 294 people in Numinbah Valley of these 59.5% were male and 40.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Numinbah Valley was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Numinbah Valley aged 15 years and over, 39.5% were married and 20.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Numinbah Valley was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Numinbah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Numinbah Valley was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Numinbah Valley 48.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.6% were in primary school, 7.6% in secondary school and 6.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Numinbah Valley were English 21.8%, Australian 20.4%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 8.8% and German 1.9%.

In Numinbah Valley, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%, El Salvador 1.0% and Germany 1.0%.

In Numinbah Valley, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Numinbah Valley were No Religion 22.6%, Catholic 12.7%, Anglican 9.2%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Buddhism 3.1%.

In Numinbah Valley 62.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Thai 1.0% and Japanese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Numinbah Valley. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 36.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Numinbah Valley, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Numinbah Valley was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Numinbah Valley included Professionals 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Sales Workers 14.4%, Labourers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Managers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Numinbah Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.1%, Other Livestock Farming 4.1% and Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Numinbah Valley was $444.

In Numinbah Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Truck 4.1%. 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 66.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Numinbah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.3% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Numinbah Valley, 18.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Numinbah Valley, 32.0% were couple families with children, 56.0% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Numinbah Valley 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Numinbah Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Numinbah Valley, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Numinbah Valley, 72.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Numinbah Valley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Numinbah Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 30.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Numinbah Valley, 39.0% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Numinbah Valley, of all households, 62.5% were family households, 32.5% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Numinbah Valley, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Numinbah Valley, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Numinbah Valley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Numinbah Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Numinbah Valley, 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.