Crows Nest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,596 people in Crows Nest of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Crows Nest was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.4% of the population.

Of people in Crows Nest aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crows Nest was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Crows Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crows Nest was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Crows Nest 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crows Nest were English 33.7%, Australian 25.4%, German 13.2%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Crows Nest, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 0.8%, Canada 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Crows Nest, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crows Nest were Anglican 21.0%, No Religion 18.4%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Lutheran 9.6%.

In Crows Nest 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Danish 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Filipino 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 493 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crows Nest. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crows Nest, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crows Nest was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Crows Nest included Labourers 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Professionals 10.6%, Managers 8.4% and Sales Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Crows Nest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 9.1%, Local Government Administration 6.3%, School Education 4.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crows Nest was $362.

In Crows Nest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Walked only 9.5%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crows Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% 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, 22.2% 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 Crows Nest, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crows Nest, 28.5% were couple families with children, 53.9% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Crows Nest 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crows Nest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,522 and those without children was $1,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Crows Nest, of couple families with children, 9.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crows Nest, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crows Nest, 90.9% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Crows Nest, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% 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 Crows Nest, 44.7% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Crows Nest, of all households, 65.9% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Crows Nest, 49.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.1% 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 Crows Nest, 45.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crows Nest, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 48.3%) were male and 15 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Crows Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Crows Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.