Nathan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,397 people in Nathan of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Nathan was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Nathan aged 15 years and over, 27.8% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nathan was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Nathan, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nathan was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Nathan 55.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.8% were in primary school, 4.8% in secondary school and 74.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nathan were English 24.0%, Australian 23.9%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.0% and Chinese 5.0%.

In Nathan, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.4%, England 2.9%, India 2.2% and Germany 1.1%.

In Nathan, 51.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nathan were No Religion 31.5%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Nathan 75.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.2%, Cantonese 1.5%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Indonesian 0.9% and Hindi 0.8%.

Employment

There were 722 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nathan. Of these 40.3% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 15.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nathan, 20.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nathan was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 22 years.

The most common occupations in Nathan included Professionals 19.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Labourers 9.5%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Nathan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Tertiary Education 6.7%, Hospitals 4.6%, Accommodation 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nathan was $329.

In Nathan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.5%, Bus 15.0%, Walked only 5.4%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 18.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nathan, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.4% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Nathan, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nathan, 38.2% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Nathan 21.2% of single parents were male and 78.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nathan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,522 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Nathan, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nathan, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nathan, 74.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nathan, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nathan, 31.8% were owned outright, 33.2% were owned with a mortgage and 32.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Nathan, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Nathan, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Nathan, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nathan, 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 25 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 Nathan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Nathan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.