North Shields

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 503 people in North Shields of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.3% of the population.

The median age of people in North Shields was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in North Shields aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Shields was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North Shields, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% 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 North Shields was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In North Shields 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.3% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Shields were Australian 43.2%, English 27.0%, Scottish 5.5%, German 5.4% and Irish 3.9%.

In North Shields, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Philippines 1.4%, Germany 0.8%, Wales 0.8% and Malaysia 0.6%.

In North Shields, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Shields were No Religion 36.9%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 13.1%, Anglican 9.8% and Lutheran 8.4%.

In North Shields 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, Russian 0.6%, Croatian 0.6%, Polish 0.6% and Aboriginal English, so described 0.6%.

Employment

There were 262 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Shields. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Shields, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Shields was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in North Shields included Managers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Labourers 15.7%, Professionals 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in North Shields, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.6%, Residential Building Construction 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Aquaculture 3.7% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Shields was $497.

In North Shields, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bus 1.2%, Truck 1.2% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Shields, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 North Shields, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Shields, 48.0% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In North Shields 66.7% of single parents were male and 33.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Shields, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,678 and those without children was $1,643.

Employment status of couple families

In North Shields, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 29.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Shields, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shields, 95.6% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Shields, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shields, 33.3% were owned outright, 44.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Shields, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In North Shields, 26.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 North Shields, 24.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Shields, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 36.7%) were male and 31 (or 63.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 North Shields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In North Shields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $615.