Nambucca Heads

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,121 people were counted in Nambucca Heads: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 5.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads there were 1,009 children aged 0-14 years and 2,590 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 5,591 people were Australian citizens, 657 were born overseas and 25 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 50.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.2% were separated or divorced, 10.7% were widowed and 24.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 82.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Nambucca Heads were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Nambucca Heads on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 32.7%, Catholic 22.6%, No Religion 11.7%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,887 people aged 15 years and over in Nambucca Heads were in the labour force. Of these 45.2% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 19.8% were unemployed. 2,952 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Professionals 4.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.1%, Associate Professionals 3.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4%, Managers and Administrators 1.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Nambucca Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.2%, Food Retailing 3.0%, Education 2.3%, Health Services 2.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 1,604 families were counted: of these, 53.3% were couple families without children, 26.1% were couple families with children, 19.7% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 2,820 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Nambucca Heads, 65.8% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.3% were flats, units or apartments and 11.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 46.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 11.6% were being purchased and 33.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Nambucca Heads, 56.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.