Nundah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,386 people in Nundah of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Nundah was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Nundah aged 15 years and over, 33.0% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nundah was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Nundah, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nundah was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Nundah 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.1% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 35.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nundah were English 26.3%, Australian 21.9%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.3%.

In Nundah, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.4%, India 4.4%, England 3.4%, Philippines 1.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Nundah, 51.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nundah were Catholic 29.3%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Hinduism 3.2%.

In Nundah 78.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 1.4%, Mandarin 1.3%, Punjabi 1.0%, Italian 0.8% and Tagalog 0.7%.

Employment

There were 6,506 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nundah. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nundah, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nundah was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Nundah included Professionals 26.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Nundah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 4.4%, State Government Administration 3.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nundah was $763.

In Nundah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.6%, Train 18.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.4% and Bus 3.1%. On the day, 25.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nundah, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 Nundah, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nundah, 32.2% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Nundah 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nundah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,496 and those without children was $2,240.

Employment status of couple families

In Nundah, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nundah, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nundah, 31.8% were separate houses, 12.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 56.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Nundah, of occupied private dwellings 10.2% had 1 bedroom, 48.4% had 2 bedrooms and 28.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nundah, 17.6% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 53.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Nundah, of all households, 51.6% were family households, 38.4% were single person households and 10.1% were group households.

In Nundah, 21.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Nundah, 47.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nundah, there were 123 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 49.6%) were male and 62 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Nundah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,392.

In Nundah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,177.