Nowra Hill (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 846 people in Nowra Hill (L) of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Nowra Hill (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Nowra Hill (L) aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nowra Hill (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Nowra Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nowra Hill (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Nowra Hill (L) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nowra Hill (L) were Australian 38.7%, English 30.0%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.8%.

In Nowra Hill (L), 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Wales 0.7%, Czech Republic 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Nowra Hill (L), 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nowra Hill (L) were Anglican 30.6%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 18.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.5% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Nowra Hill (L) 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Czech 0.6%, Croatian 0.5%, German 0.4% and Maltese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 442 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nowra Hill (L). Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nowra Hill (L), 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nowra Hill (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Nowra Hill (L) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Managers 11.8%, Labourers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Nowra Hill (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Defence 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nowra Hill (L) was $552.

In Nowra Hill (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 3.1%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nowra Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Nowra Hill (L), 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nowra Hill (L), 49.0% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Nowra Hill (L) 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nowra Hill (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,940 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Nowra Hill (L), of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nowra Hill (L), 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nowra Hill (L), 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nowra Hill (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 1.9% had 2 bedrooms and 24.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nowra Hill (L), 32.6% were owned outright, 53.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nowra Hill (L), of all households, 93.8% were family households, 6.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nowra Hill (L), 10.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Nowra Hill (L), 16.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nowra Hill (L), there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 39.2%) were male and 31 (or 60.8%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Nowra Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,799.

In Nowra Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.