Neerim South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,193 people in Neerim South of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Neerim South was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Neerim South aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Neerim South was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Neerim South, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Neerim South was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Neerim South 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Neerim South were Australian 33.4%, English 31.4%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.0% and German 3.6%.

In Neerim South, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 1.6%, Germany 1.4%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Neerim South, 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Neerim South were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Neerim South 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Slovak 0.3% and Sinhalese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 554 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Neerim South. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Neerim South, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Neerim South was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Neerim South included Managers 17.8%, Professionals 17.4%, Labourers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Neerim South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.0%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and State Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Neerim South was $502.

In Neerim South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Walked only 4.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 1.3% and Train 1.1%. 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 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Neerim South, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Neerim South, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Neerim South, 41.8% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Neerim South 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Neerim South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,065 and those without children was $1,843.

Employment status of couple families

In Neerim South, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Neerim South, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Neerim South, 94.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Neerim South, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Neerim South, 40.6% were owned outright, 40.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Neerim South, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Neerim South, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Neerim South, 27.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Neerim South, 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.