East Nanango

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 279 people in East Nanango of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Nanango was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in East Nanango aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Nanango was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In East Nanango, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Nanango was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 65 years.

In East Nanango 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.8% were in primary school, 35.9% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Nanango were English 34.1%, Australian 30.4%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 8.3% and German 7.0%.

In East Nanango, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, England 4.3%, Germany 2.5%, Canada 1.1% and Italy 1.1%.

In East Nanango, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Nanango were Anglican 18.6%, No Religion 17.1%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 13.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In East Nanango 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and French 1.1%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Nanango. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 9.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Nanango, 18.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Nanango was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in East Nanango included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Managers 16.5%, Labourers 14.6%, Professionals 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in East Nanango, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 13.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.9%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.9% and Other Construction Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Nanango was $350.

In East Nanango, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.5%, Car, as passenger 14.9%, Walked only 5.0% and Truck 3.0%. 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 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Nanango, 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, 24.9% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 East Nanango, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Nanango, 39.5% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In East Nanango 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Nanango, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In East Nanango, of couple families with children, 10.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Nanango, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Nanango, 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 East Nanango, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Nanango, 51.4% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In East Nanango, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In East Nanango, 37.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 East Nanango, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Nanango, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) 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 East Nanango, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In East Nanango, 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.