Nikenbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 584 people in Nikenbah of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Nikenbah was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Nikenbah aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nikenbah was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Nikenbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Nikenbah 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.8% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nikenbah were Australian 37.2%, English 33.7%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 6.2% and German 5.5%.

In Nikenbah, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 2.9%, Netherlands 0.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Nikenbah, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nikenbah were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 21.2%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Baptist 3.1%.

In Nikenbah 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hindi 0.5% and Batjala 0.5%.

Employment

There were 279 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nikenbah. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nikenbah, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nikenbah was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Nikenbah included Professionals 14.6%, Managers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Labourers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Nikenbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.1%, Other Crop Growing 5.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.3%, Residential Care Services 5.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nikenbah was $558.

In Nikenbah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Other 3.3%, Walked only 3.3% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nikenbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Nikenbah, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nikenbah, 49.7% were couple families with children, 24.2% were couple families without children and 24.2% were one parent families.

In Nikenbah 7.7% of single parents were male and 92.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nikenbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,232 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Nikenbah, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nikenbah, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nikenbah, 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 Nikenbah, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 21.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nikenbah, 25.9% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 43.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nikenbah, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Nikenbah, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Nikenbah, 34.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nikenbah, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 57.1%) were male and 15 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Nikenbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $287.

In Nikenbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $338 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,192.