Nemingha

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 644 people in Nemingha of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Nemingha was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Nemingha aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nemingha was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nemingha, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nemingha was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Nemingha 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nemingha were Australian 35.8%, English 32.0%, Scottish 11.0%, Irish 6.8% and German 2.7%.

In Nemingha, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.6%, Philippines 0.6%, Wales 0.6%, Canada 0.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Nemingha, 88.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nemingha were Anglican 40.4%, Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 13.4%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Nemingha 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.5% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 332 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nemingha. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Nemingha, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nemingha was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Nemingha included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Labourers 15.9%, Managers 14.3%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Nemingha, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.4%, School Education 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nemingha was $556.

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In Nemingha, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Truck 5.0%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Walked only 1.9% and Bus 0.9%. 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 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nemingha, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.4% 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, 22.3% 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 Nemingha, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nemingha, 41.8% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Nemingha 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nemingha, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $1,395.

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Employment status of couple families

In Nemingha, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nemingha, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nemingha, 89.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Nemingha, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% 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 Nemingha, 37.0% were owned outright, 38.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Nemingha, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Nemingha, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Nemingha, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nemingha, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 40.5%) were male and 22 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Nemingha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Nemingha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,043.