Neath (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 431 people in Neath (L) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Neath (L) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.0% of the population.

Of people in Neath (L) aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 19.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Neath (L) was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Neath (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Neath (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Neath (L) 20.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Neath (L) were English 36.1%, Australian 35.4%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 5.8% and German 3.6%.

In Neath (L), 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.3%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Neath (L), 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Neath (L) were Anglican 38.9%, Catholic 19.9%, No Religion 16.2%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Neath (L) 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Neath (L). Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 13.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Neath (L), 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Neath (L) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Neath (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Labourers 12.4%, Managers 11.6%, Professionals 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Neath (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 5.6%, School Education 4.8%, Hospitals 4.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Neath (L) was $349.

In Neath (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 4.7% and Other 3.1%. 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 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Neath (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Neath (L), 16.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Neath (L), 32.5% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Neath (L) 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Neath (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $2,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Neath (L), of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Neath (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Neath (L), of occupied private dwellings 11.9% had 1 bedroom, 33.3% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Neath (L), 54.5% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Neath (L), of all households, 62.9% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Neath (L), 48.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Neath (L), 46.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Neath (L), there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 58.3%) were male and 10 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Neath (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Neath (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.