Nhill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,872 people in Nhill of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Nhill was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.2% of the population.

Of people in Nhill aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nhill was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nhill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nhill was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Nhill 23.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nhill were Australian 31.6%, English 28.3%, German 13.1%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Nhill, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 1.8%, India 1.5%, England 1.2%, South Africa 1.0% and Pakistan 0.6%.

In Nhill, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nhill were Uniting Church 25.4%, No Religion 15.9%, Lutheran 14.5%, Anglican 14.4% and Catholic 12.8%.

In Nhill 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 2.7%, Malayalam 1.0%, Urdu 0.6%, French 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 834 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nhill. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nhill, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nhill was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Nhill included Labourers 22.6%, Professionals 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Nhill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 12.3%, Poultry Farming 7.8%, School Education 6.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.6% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nhill was $487.

In Nhill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Bicycle 1.9% and Truck 1.7%. 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 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nhill, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.5% 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 Nhill, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nhill, 32.5% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Nhill 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nhill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Nhill, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nhill, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhill, 91.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Nhill, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 59.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhill, 48.6% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Nhill, of all households, 63.5% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Nhill, 33.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Nhill, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nhill, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 23.1%) were male and 10 (or 76.9%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Nhill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Nhill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.