Nimbin (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 468 people in Nimbin (L) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Nimbin (L) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Nimbin (L) aged 15 years and over, 19.5% were married and 25.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nimbin (L) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Nimbin (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 19.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nimbin (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Nimbin (L) 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.7% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nimbin (L) were English 27.8%, Australian 24.0%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.1%.

In Nimbin (L), 70.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 2.8%, Germany 1.3%, Afghanistan 0.6% and Canada 0.6%.

In Nimbin (L), 65.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nimbin (L) were No Religion 47.4%, Anglican 7.4%, Catholic 7.2%, Nature Religions 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Nimbin (L) 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.1%, Japanese 1.1%, French 0.6%, Italian 0.6% and Arabic 0.6%.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nimbin (L). Of these 36.4% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 15.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nimbin (L), 22.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 27.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nimbin (L) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Nimbin (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 23.7%, Managers 17.5%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Nimbin (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 13.6%, Tertiary Education 5.1%, Accommodation 4.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.2% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nimbin (L) was $330.

In Nimbin (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.2%, Walked only 13.7%, Other 8.5%, Truck 2.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.6%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nimbin (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.8% 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 Nimbin (L), 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nimbin (L), 25.0% were couple families with children, 23.8% were couple families without children and 47.6% were one parent families.

In Nimbin (L) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nimbin (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Nimbin (L), of couple families with children, 9.3% had both partners employed full-time, 9.3% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nimbin (L), 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nimbin (L), 84.3% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Nimbin (L), of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 32.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nimbin (L), 34.8% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 33.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Nimbin (L), of all households, 46.6% were family households, 44.9% were single person households and 8.4% were group households.

In Nimbin (L), 61.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Nimbin (L), 50.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nimbin (L), there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 37.5%) were male and 20 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Nimbin (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Nimbin (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.