Nhulunbuy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,072 people in Nhulunbuy of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Nhulunbuy was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.3% of the population.

Of people in Nhulunbuy aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nhulunbuy was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Nhulunbuy, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nhulunbuy was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Nhulunbuy 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nhulunbuy were Australian 31.2%, English 23.9%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 5.9% and Australian Aboriginal 3.1%.

In Nhulunbuy, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.3%, England 2.4%, Philippines 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 0.8% and India 0.7%.

In Nhulunbuy, 65.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nhulunbuy were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 21.3%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Nhulunbuy 81.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Gumatj 0.6%, Galpu 0.5%, Thai 0.4%, Albanian 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nhulunbuy. Of these 73.2% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nhulunbuy, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nhulunbuy was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Nhulunbuy included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Professionals 20.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Managers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 7.7% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Nhulunbuy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 28.7%, School Education 7.2%, Metal Ore Mining 5.0%, State Government Administration 4.3% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nhulunbuy was $1,229.

In Nhulunbuy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.9%, Bus 11.7%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Walked only 8.6% and Bicycle 3.5%. On the day, 12.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nhulunbuy, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.4% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Nhulunbuy, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nhulunbuy, 61.2% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Nhulunbuy 32.2% of single parents were male and 67.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nhulunbuy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,921 and those without children was $3,061.

Employment status of couple families

In Nhulunbuy, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.3% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nhulunbuy, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhulunbuy, 69.0% were separate houses, 13.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Nhulunbuy, of occupied private dwellings 10.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhulunbuy, 2.8% were owned outright, 1.8% were owned with a mortgage and 92.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Nhulunbuy, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 19.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Nhulunbuy, 4.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.1% 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 Nhulunbuy, 45.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nhulunbuy, there were 374 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 168 (or 44.9%) were male and 206 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Nhulunbuy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,802.

In Nhulunbuy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,088.