Netley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,738 people in Netley of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Netley was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.8% of the population.

Of people in Netley aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Netley was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Netley, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Netley was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Netley 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 26.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Netley were English 23.4%, Australian 21.9%, Greek 9.4%, Italian 7.9% and Irish 5.9%.

In Netley, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.4%, Greece 2.9%, England 2.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3% and Cyprus 2.1%.

In Netley, 49.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Netley were Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 15.7%, Eastern Orthodox 15.2%, Anglican 10.6% and Uniting Church 9.8%.

In Netley 68.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 11.1%, Italian 4.5%, Cantonese 1.7%, Arabic 1.6% and Mandarin 1.6%.

Employment

There were 741 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Netley. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Netley, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Netley was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Netley included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Managers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Netley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 3.0%, Residential Care Services 3.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.8% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Netley was $452.

In Netley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Bus 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 1.8% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 8.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Netley, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Netley, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Netley, 36.0% were couple families with children, 48.4% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Netley 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Netley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,847 and those without children was $2,115.

Employment status of couple families

In Netley, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Netley, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Netley, 92.8% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Netley, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 68.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Netley, 45.1% were owned outright, 23.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Netley, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Netley, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Netley, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Netley, 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 16 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 Netley, 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 Netley, 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.