Nichols Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 405 people in Nichols Point (L) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Nichols Point (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Nichols Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nichols Point (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Nichols Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Nichols Point (L) 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.1% were in primary school, 32.3% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nichols Point (L) were Australian 29.9%, English 28.6%, Scottish 10.1%, Irish 9.5% and Italian 6.7%.

In Nichols Point (L), 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Scotland 1.2%, South Africa 1.2%, India 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

In Nichols Point (L), 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nichols Point (L) were Catholic 36.0%, No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 19.8%, Lutheran 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Nichols Point (L) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.0%, Greek 1.0% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 213 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nichols Point (L). Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nichols Point (L), 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nichols Point (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Nichols Point (L) included Professionals 23.3%, Managers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Nichols Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.8% and Beverage Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nichols Point (L) was $624.

In Nichols Point (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.0%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Bus 1.4%, Truck 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. 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 81.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nichols Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.8% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.2% 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 Nichols Point (L), 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nichols Point (L), 53.6% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Nichols Point (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nichols Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Nichols Point (L), of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 27.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nichols Point (L), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nichols Point (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 Nichols Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nichols Point (L), 32.8% were owned outright, 56.8% were owned with a mortgage and 8.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Nichols Point (L), of all households, 88.7% were family households, 11.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nichols Point (L), 11.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Nichols Point (L), 9.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 55.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nichols Point (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Nichols Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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