Nepean Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 560 people in Nepean Bay of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Nepean Bay was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Nepean Bay aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nepean Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Nepean Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nepean Bay was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Nepean Bay 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.7% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nepean Bay were English 36.0%, Australian 34.0%, Scottish 7.5%, German 7.5% and Irish 4.1%.

In Nepean Bay, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, Canada 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Indonesia 0.5%.

In Nepean Bay, 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nepean Bay were No Religion 41.8%, Uniting Church 15.7%, Anglican 12.5%, Catholic 10.9% and Pentecostal 2.1%.

In Nepean Bay 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Arabic 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5% and Auslan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 320 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nepean Bay. Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 40.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nepean Bay, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nepean Bay was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Nepean Bay included Managers 38.9%, Labourers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Professionals 7.3%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Nepean Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 32.7%, Accommodation 3.3%, Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.3% and Road Freight Transport 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nepean Bay was $501.

In Nepean Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 3.6%, Bus 1.0% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nepean Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 46.4% 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 Nepean Bay, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nepean Bay, 48.3% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

In Nepean Bay 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nepean Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Nepean Bay, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 13.1% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nepean Bay, 65.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nepean Bay, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Nepean Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nepean Bay, 42.3% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nepean Bay, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Nepean Bay, 38.3% 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 Nepean Bay, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nepean Bay, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 57 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 Nepean Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Nepean Bay, 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.