Nelshaby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 171 people in Nelshaby of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Nelshaby was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Nelshaby aged 15 years and over, 56.6% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nelshaby was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Nelshaby, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nelshaby was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Nelshaby 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nelshaby were Australian 32.4%, English 25.0%, Greek 8.3%, German 6.5% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Nelshaby, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Greece 5.8%, Romania 2.3%, France 1.7% and New Zealand 1.7%.

In Nelshaby, 62.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nelshaby were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 22.1%, Eastern Orthodox 12.8%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Anglican 8.7%.

In Nelshaby 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 10.5%, Romanian 5.3% and French 2.3%.

Employment

There were 77 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nelshaby. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nelshaby, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nelshaby was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Nelshaby included Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.3%, Managers 14.1%, Professionals 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Labourers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Nelshaby, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 8.2%, School Education 6.8%, Hospitals 6.8%, Metal Ore Mining 4.1% and Waste Collection Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nelshaby was $446.

In Nelshaby, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.7%, Bus 4.0% and Walked only 4.0%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nelshaby, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Nelshaby, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 22.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nelshaby, 29.8% were couple families with children, 56.1% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Nelshaby 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nelshaby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Nelshaby, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nelshaby, 85.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelshaby, 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 Nelshaby, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 56.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelshaby, 46.3% were owned outright, 44.8% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Nelshaby, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nelshaby, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Nelshaby, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Nelshaby, 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.