Nangwarry

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 514 people in Nangwarry of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Nangwarry was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Nangwarry aged 15 years and over, 35.2% were married and 19.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nangwarry was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Nangwarry, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nangwarry was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Nangwarry 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nangwarry were English 32.2%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.5% and German 5.3%.

In Nangwarry, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Scotland 2.3%, Finland 2.1%, Cambodia 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Nangwarry, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nangwarry were No Religion 36.2%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6%.

In Nangwarry 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Finnish 1.4%, French 1.2%, Italian 0.6%, Khmer 0.6% and Thai 0.6%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nangwarry. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 13.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nangwarry, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nangwarry was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Nangwarry included Labourers 38.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Managers 7.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0% and Professionals 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Nangwarry, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 13.7%, Beverage Manufacturing 8.2%, Fruit and Vegetable Processing 6.6%, Road Freight Transport 6.6% and Forestry and Logging 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nangwarry was $353.

In Nangwarry, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Walked only 6.0%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 1.6%. 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 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nangwarry, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Nangwarry, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nangwarry, 34.7% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Nangwarry 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nangwarry, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Nangwarry, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 9.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nangwarry, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nangwarry, 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 Nangwarry, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 71.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nangwarry, 33.5% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nangwarry, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Nangwarry, 46.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Nangwarry, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nangwarry, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 37.0%) were male and 17 (or 63.0%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Nangwarry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Nangwarry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.