Mount Nebo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in Mount Nebo of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Nebo was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Nebo aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Nebo was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Mount Nebo, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Nebo was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Nebo 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 35.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Nebo were English 32.4%, Australian 22.4%, Irish 14.2%, Scottish 6.9% and German 5.3%.

In Mount Nebo, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.1%, New Zealand 3.5%, France 1.4%, South Africa 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Mount Nebo, 54.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Nebo were No Religion 49.0%, Catholic 14.3%, Anglican 8.5%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Buddhism 3.5%.

In Mount Nebo 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.4%, Dhivehi 1.2%, German 0.7% and Hebrew 0.7%.

Employment

There were 266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Nebo. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 40.6% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Nebo, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Nebo was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Nebo included Professionals 41.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Sales Workers 1.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Nebo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.3%, School Education 5.8%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Nebo was $738.

In Mount Nebo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Bus, car as driver 5.4%, Motorbike/scooter 4.7%, Walked only 3.5% and Car, as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 10.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Nebo, of people aged 15 years and over, 88.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Mount Nebo, 41.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Nebo, 41.1% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Mount Nebo 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Nebo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,318 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Nebo, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 11.3% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Nebo, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nebo, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Mount Nebo, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nebo, 28.0% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Nebo, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Mount Nebo, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Mount Nebo, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Nebo, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Mount Nebo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Mount Nebo, 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.