Nome

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 992 people in Nome of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Nome was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Nome aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nome was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Nome, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nome was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Nome 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 16.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nome were English 31.2%, Australian 28.5%, Scottish 8.9%, Irish 7.2% and German 5.0%.

In Nome, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.6%, Germany 0.4%, Austria 0.3% and Cyprus 0.3%.

In Nome, 73.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nome were Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 24.6%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 9.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Nome 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.0%, Swedish 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Thai 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 558 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nome. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nome, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nome was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Nome included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Labourers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Professionals 13.5%, Managers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Nome, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.2%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, School Education 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nome was $635.

In Nome, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 3.5%, Walked only 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nome, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Nome, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nome, 41.5% were couple families with children, 50.2% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Nome 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nome, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,352 and those without children was $1,809.

Employment status of couple families

In Nome, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nome, 80.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nome, 87.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.5% were other dwellings.

In Nome, of occupied private dwellings 15.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.5% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% 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 Nome, 44.8% were owned outright, 41.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Nome, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Nome, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Nome, 27.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nome, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Nome, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Nome, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.