Nepean (Eastern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 50,088 people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.9% of the population.

Of people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria) 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) were English 32.1%, Australian 27.7%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.5% and Italian 3.4%.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 77.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Italy 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.8% and Greece 0.8%.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) were No Religion 28.1%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria) 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Greek 1.2%, German 0.4%, Croatian 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 20,375 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nepean (Eastern Victoria). Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Professionals 16.3%, Managers 13.0%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Labourers 10.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nepean (Eastern Victoria) was $474.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 2.4%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 32.8% were couple families with children, 50.2% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria) 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,918 and those without children was $1,757.

Employment status of couple families

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), of couple families with children, 12.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 48.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 51.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 87.2% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% 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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 43.6% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), of all households, 66.0% were family households, 31.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 34.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria), 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), there were 393 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 182 (or 46.3%) were male and 211 (or 53.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Nepean (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.