Nickol

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,288 people in Nickol of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Nickol was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.0% of the population.

Of people in Nickol aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nickol was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nickol, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nickol was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Nickol 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nickol were Australian 31.9%, English 23.5%, Scottish 5.8%, Irish 5.5% and German 2.8%.

In Nickol, 66.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.9%, England 3.4%, South Africa 1.6%, Philippines 1.4% and India 1.4%.

In Nickol, 56.5% 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 Nickol were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Baptist 2.5%.

In Nickol 77.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Urdu 0.8%, Tagalog 0.6%, Filipino 0.6%, German 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nickol. Of these 73.4% were employed full time, 16.1% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nickol, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nickol was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Nickol included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.4%, Professionals 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 12.2%, Labourers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Nickol, the most common responses for industry of employment included Oil and Gas Extraction 16.1%, Metal Ore Mining 7.9%, School Education 5.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nickol was $1,545.

In Nickol, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 12.7%, Bus 7.9%, Other 0.9% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nickol, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.5% provided care for children and 4.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Nickol, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nickol, 59.3% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Nickol 28.4% of single parents were male and 71.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nickol, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,315 and those without children was $3,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Nickol, of couple families with children, 33.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.6% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nickol, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nickol, 90.7% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Nickol, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 31.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nickol, 3.1% were owned outright, 8.3% were owned with a mortgage and 85.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nickol, of all households, 84.8% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Nickol, 4.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 44.9% 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 Nickol, 23.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nickol, there were 333 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 172 (or 51.7%) were male and 161 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Nickol, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,416.

In Nickol, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $128 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,709.