Nelsons Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 324 people in Nelsons Plains of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Nelsons Plains was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Nelsons Plains aged 15 years and over, 62.9% were married and 5.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nelsons Plains was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Nelsons Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nelsons Plains was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Nelsons Plains 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nelsons Plains were Australian 36.5%, English 27.9%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.1% and German 5.6%.

In Nelsons Plains, 93.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Nelsons Plains, 86.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nelsons Plains were Catholic 36.8%, Anglican 30.8%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Pentecostal 3.1%.

In Nelsons Plains 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.6%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nelsons Plains. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nelsons Plains, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nelsons Plains was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Nelsons Plains included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Professionals 17.9%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Labourers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Nelsons Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Specialised Food Retailing 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.0%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 4.0% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nelsons Plains was $587.

In Nelsons Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Walked only 4.1%, Truck 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.3% and Train 1.8%. 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 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nelsons Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Nelsons Plains, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nelsons Plains, 44.8% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Nelsons Plains 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nelsons Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $3,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Nelsons Plains, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 31.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nelsons Plains, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelsons Plains, 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 Nelsons Plains, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.1% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nelsons Plains, 41.0% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Nelsons Plains, of all households, 93.9% were family households, 6.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nelsons Plains, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Nelsons Plains, 15.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nelsons Plains, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Nelsons Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Nelsons Plains, 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.