Nelson Bay (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,396 people in Nelson Bay (NSW) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Nelson Bay (NSW) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.4% of the population.

Of people in Nelson Bay (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nelson Bay (NSW) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nelson Bay (NSW) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Nelson Bay (NSW) 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nelson Bay (NSW) were English 31.6%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.1%.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), 78.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.5%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nelson Bay (NSW) were Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Nelson Bay (NSW) 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.7%, Italian 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nelson Bay (NSW). Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nelson Bay (NSW), 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nelson Bay (NSW) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Nelson Bay (NSW) included Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Managers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Nelson Bay (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Accommodation 5.4%, Defence 4.4%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and School Education 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nelson Bay (NSW) was $523.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Walked only 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 1.5% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nelson Bay (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Nelson Bay (NSW), 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nelson Bay (NSW), 31.9% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Nelson Bay (NSW) 12.7% of single parents were male and 87.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nelson Bay (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,035 and those without children was $1,806.

Employment status of couple families

In Nelson Bay (NSW), of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nelson Bay (NSW), 55.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelson Bay (NSW), 64.1% were separate houses, 19.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelson Bay (NSW), 39.1% were owned outright, 22.3% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nelson Bay (NSW), of all households, 67.2% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Nelson Bay (NSW), 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nelson Bay (NSW), there were 126 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 46.0%) were male and 68 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Nelson Bay (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Nelson Bay (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,232.