Nene Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 183 people in Nene Valley of these 61.2% were male and 38.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Nene Valley was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.2% of the population.

Of people in Nene Valley aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nene Valley was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Nene Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nene Valley was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Nene Valley 18.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 42.9% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nene Valley were Australian 38.8%, English 25.6%, Scottish 11.2%, German 7.4% and Irish 6.2%.

In Nene Valley, 91.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.6%, Finland 1.6%, Netherlands 1.6% and Scotland 1.6%.

In Nene Valley, 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nene Valley were Catholic 24.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 18.2%, No Religion 16.6%, Anglican 11.0% and Uniting Church 7.2%.

In Nene Valley 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.6% and Finnish 1.6%.

Employment

There were 96 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nene Valley. Of these 49.0% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nene Valley, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nene Valley was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Nene Valley included Labourers 23.2%, Managers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.5%, Sales Workers 6.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Nene Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, Residential Care Services 7.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.9%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.9% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nene Valley was $433.

In Nene Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 6.2% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nene Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Nene Valley, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nene Valley, 26.1% were couple families with children, 60.9% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Nene Valley 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nene Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Nene Valley, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nene Valley, 36.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nene Valley, 94.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nene Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 31.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nene Valley, 48.7% were owned outright, 35.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Nene Valley, of all households, 58.2% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Nene Valley, 39.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Nene Valley, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nene Valley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Nene Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Nene Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.