Nicklin

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Area code SED30064
People 51,460
Male 48.5%
Female 51.5%
Median age 42
Families 13,930
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.8
for all households (a) 0.7
All private dwellings 21,176
Average people per household 2.6
Median weekly household income $1,203
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,700
Median weekly rent $330
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 2

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 24,973 48.5 2,321,889 49.4 11,546,638 49.3
Female 26,485 51.5 2,381,308 50.6 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,407 2.7 186,482 4.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 51,460 people in Nicklin. Of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

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Age Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 42 -- 37 -- 38 --
0-4 years 2,953 5.7 296,466 6.3 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 3,504 6.8 317,138 6.7 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 3,402 6.6 299,097 6.4 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 2,916 5.7 296,287 6.3 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 2,453 4.8 316,860 6.7 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 2,484 4.8 320,753 6.8 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 2,950 5.7 325,943 6.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 3,120 6.1 305,218 6.5 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 3,410 6.6 322,901 6.9 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 3,604 7.0 322,982 6.9 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 3,652 7.1 308,727 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 3,594 7.0 292,198 6.2 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 3,441 6.7 260,685 5.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 3,240 6.3 242,192 5.1 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 2,568 5.0 180,406 3.8 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 1,732 3.4 126,084 2.7 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 1,177 2.3 83,731 1.8 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 1,260 2.4 85,528 1.8 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Nicklin was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 20,657 49.7 1,775,920 46.9 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 1,558 3.7 134,953 3.6 608,059 3.2
Divorced 4,675 11.2 354,382 9.3 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 2,334 5.6 184,671 4.9 985,204 5.2
Never married 12,367 29.7 1,340,580 35.4 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Nicklin aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 18,190 49.7 1,546,502 46.7 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 4,263 11.7 394,739 11.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 14,116 38.6 1,367,026 41.3 7,024,973 41.9

In Nicklin, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Preschool 591 4.1 56,639 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 3,332 23.1 276,468 19.1 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 455 3.2 73,844 5.1 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 665 4.6 50,202 3.5 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 2,058 14.3 176,138 12.2 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 459 3.2 63,080 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 747 5.2 58,927 4.1 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 753 5.2 76,992 5.3 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 1,530 10.6 213,221 14.8 1,160,626 16.1
Other 359 2.5 37,517 2.6 198,383 2.8
Not stated 3,486 24.1 360,888 25.0 1,707,023 23.7

In Nicklin 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 5,932 14.3 693,412 18.3 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 4,114 9.9 330,619 8.7 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 1,581 3.8 111,975 3.0 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 7,485 18.0 576,295 15.2 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 5,904 14.2 625,959 16.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 1,945 4.7 163,394 4.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 5,948 14.3 488,554 12.9 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 31 0.1 2,602 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 418 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 3,070 7.4 275,376 7.3 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 90 0.2 15,700 0.4 145,844 0.8
Not stated 4,293 10.3 409,227 10.8 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Nicklin, 14.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.8% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.9% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
English 23,128 31.9 1,794,999 27.5 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 20,315 28.0 1,649,284 25.3 7,298,243 23.3
Irish 6,262 8.6 564,334 8.7 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 6,169 8.5 486,648 7.5 2,023,470 6.4
German 3,711 5.1 296,387 4.5 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Nicklin were English 31.9%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 8.5% and German 5.1%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Nicklin (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 39,686 77.2 3,343,657 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 2,641 5.1 180,775 3.8 907,570 3.9
New Zealand 1,838 3.6 201,206 4.3 518,466 2.2
South Africa 367 0.7 40,131 0.9 162,449 0.7
Germany 339 0.7 20,387 0.4 102,595 0.4
Netherlands 234 0.5 14,067 0.3 70,172 0.3

In Nicklin, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, South Africa 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 9,799 19.0 1,225,441 26.1 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 3,710 7.2 302,904 6.4 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 2,831 5.5 234,425 5.0 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 31,389 61.0 2,575,201 54.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Nicklin, 61.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 34,403 66.9 2,824,420 60.1 12,231,150 52.3
England 4,134 8.0 287,091 6.1 1,403,096 6.0
New Zealand 2,267 4.4 236,403 5.0 617,331 2.6
Scotland 629 1.2 54,350 1.2 276,038 1.2
Netherlands 578 1.1 35,231 0.7 175,354 0.7

In Nicklin, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 66.9%, England 8.0%, New Zealand 4.4%, Scotland 1.2% and Netherlands 1.1%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 35,334 68.7 2,897,343 61.6 12,643,365 54.0
England 3,913 7.6 264,169 5.6 1,302,147 5.6
New Zealand 2,287 4.4 236,930 5.0 608,329 2.6
Scotland 555 1.1 46,925 1.0 245,915 1.1
Germany 522 1.0 33,417 0.7 169,618 0.7

In Nicklin, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 68.7%, England 7.6%, New Zealand 4.4%, Scotland 1.1% and Germany 1.0%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 17,449 33.9 1,374,427 29.2 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 8,080 15.7 1,022,514 21.7 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 7,958 15.5 719,718 15.3 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 4,901 9.5 468,042 10.0 2,238,735 9.6
Uniting Church 2,957 5.7 238,313 5.1 870,183 3.7

The most common responses for religion in Nicklin were No Religion, so described 33.9%, Catholic 15.7%, Anglican 15.5%, Not stated 9.5% and Uniting Church 5.7%. In Nicklin, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (59.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
German 282 0.5 16,488 0.4 79,353 0.3
Dutch 129 0.3 7,157 0.2 33,835 0.1
Afrikaans 125 0.2 12,525 0.3 43,741 0.2
French 112 0.2 11,988 0.3 70,873 0.3
Thai 93 0.2 8,126 0.2 55,444 0.2
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English only spoken at home 46,162 89.8 3,820,632 81.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 1,260 6.4 242,052 13.5 1,971,011 22.2

In Nicklin 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.2%, French 0.2% and Thai 0.2%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 12,254 51.6 1,333,193 57.7 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 8,541 35.9 691,751 29.9 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 1,188 5.0 111,509 4.8 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 1,776 7.5 175,665 7.6 787,452 6.9

There were 23,759 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nicklin. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 2,827 12.9 235,001 11.0 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 2,402 10.9 201,035 9.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 3,312 15.1 255,714 12.0 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 3,803 17.3 410,236 19.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 8,449 38.4 922,958 43.2 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Nicklin, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Technicians and Trades Workers 3,784 17.2 305,441 14.3 1,447,414 13.5
Professionals 3,764 17.1 423,917 19.8 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 2,800 12.7 291,317 13.6 1,449,681 13.6
Labourers 2,696 12.3 225,268 10.5 1,011,520 9.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 2,672 12.1 241,956 11.3 1,157,003 10.8
Managers 2,337 10.6 258,509 12.1 1,390,047 13.0
Sales Workers 2,210 10.0 207,795 9.7 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 1,377 6.3 147,636 6.9 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Nicklin included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Managers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.0% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.3%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 1,287 5.9 91,756 4.3 411,808 3.9
Aged Care Residential Services 682 3.1 40,967 1.9 211,621 2.0
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 630 2.9 52,291 2.4 254,275 2.4
Cafes and Restaurants 541 2.5 49,488 2.3 253,385 2.4
Primary Education 473 2.2 54,394 2.5 231,198 2.2

Of the employed people in Nicklin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 5.9%, Aged Care Residential Services 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%, Cafes and Restaurants 2.5% and Primary Education 2.2%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 580 -- 660 -- 662 --
Family 1,415 -- 1,661 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,203 -- 1,402 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nicklin was $580.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 15,196 69.2 1,368,965 64.1 6,574,571 61.5
Worked at home 1,477 6.7 112,422 5.3 503,582 4.7
Car, as passenger 1,004 4.6 112,508 5.3 489,922 4.6
Walked only 562 2.6 70,471 3.3 370,427 3.5
Truck 306 1.4 19,948 0.9 85,892 0.8
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People who travelled to work by public transport 378 1.7 152,230 7.1 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 16,445 74.8 1,523,756 71.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Nicklin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Worked at home 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 30,576 73.5 2,671,858 70.5 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 11,972 28.8 1,063,450 28.1 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 5,022 12.1 407,168 10.7 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 8,775 21.1 714,138 18.8 3,620,726 19.0

In Nicklin, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 8,443 20.3 853,120 22.5 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 11,518 27.7 1,017,232 26.8 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 5,770 13.9 448,338 11.8 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 4,846 11.6 353,168 9.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Nicklin, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 5,934 42.6 481,451 39.4 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 5,607 40.3 518,494 42.5 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 2,251 16.2 201,308 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 136 1.0 19,898 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Nicklin, 40.3% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male -- 18.8 -- 18.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 81.2 -- 81.5 -- 81.8

In Nicklin, 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 1,910 16.6 225,032 22.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 611 5.3 39,193 3.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 2,582 22.4 212,524 21.3 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 1,471 12.8 144,839 14.5 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 813 7.0 57,595 5.8 302,037 6.0
Both not working 2,831 24.5 200,661 20.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 594 5.1 52,525 5.3 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 725 6.3 67,574 6.8 311,381 6.2

In Nicklin, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 18,459 92.3 1,656,828 89.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 1,543 7.7 195,570 10.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Nicklin, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 15,673 84.9 1,269,653 76.6 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 1,460 7.9 174,984 10.6 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 821 4.4 186,780 11.3 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 383 2.1 16,809 1.0 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Nicklin, 84.9% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 136 0.7 8,306 0.5 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 870 4.7 70,628 4.3 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 2,634 14.3 275,203 16.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 7,674 41.6 657,978 39.7 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 6,715 36.4 604,269 36.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 431 2.3 40,448 2.4 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.2 -- 3.2 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.6 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Nicklin, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 6,128 33.2 471,407 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 6,931 37.6 558,439 33.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 4,677 25.4 566,478 34.2 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 244 1.3 15,566 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 469 2.5 44,944 2.7 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Nicklin, 33.2% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Family households 13,518 73.3 1,189,859 71.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 4,298 23.3 389,076 23.5 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 632 3.4 77,898 4.7 354,917 4.3

In Nicklin, of all households, 73.3% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

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Household income Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 22.5 -- 19.5 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 8.5 -- 14.4 -- 16.4

In Nicklin, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 8.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median rent 330 -- 330 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 88.1 -- 87.2 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 11.9 -- 12.8 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,700 -- 1,733 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 91.4 -- 93.6 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 8.6 -- 6.4 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None 797 4.3 99,133 6.0 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 5,833 31.6 566,233 34.2 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 7,188 39.0 620,096 37.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 4,059 22.0 315,106 19.0 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 574 3.1 56,263 3.4 285,197 3.4

In Nicklin, 31.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 2,471 13.4 224,855 13.6 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 15,525 84.1 1,387,499 83.7 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 456 2.5 44,482 2.7 221,494 2.7

In Nicklin, 84.1% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 720 51.1 92,176 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 688 48.9 94,311 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 22 -- 22 -- 23 --

In Nicklin, 51.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 48.9% were female. The median age was 22 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.3 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,270 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

In Nicklin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,270.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Nicklin % Nicklin Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 330 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,748 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Nicklin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,748.

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Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.