Nulsen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,402 people in Nulsen of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Nulsen was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Nulsen aged 15 years and over, 31.9% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nulsen was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Nulsen, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nulsen was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Nulsen 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nulsen were Australian 36.3%, English 29.2%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.8%.

In Nulsen, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, England 2.8%, Scotland 0.5%, Zimbabwe 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Nulsen, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nulsen were No Religion 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Catholic 11.8%, Christian, nfd 4.7% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Nulsen 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.9%, Italian 0.4%, Serbian 0.3% and Wangkatha 0.3%.

Employment

There were 563 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nulsen. Of these 47.6% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nulsen, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nulsen was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Nulsen included Labourers 28.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Professionals 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Nulsen, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 5.2% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nulsen was $414.

In Nulsen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 10.2%, Walked only 2.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nulsen, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% 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, 14.9% 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 Nulsen, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nulsen, 38.7% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 29.4% were one parent families.

In Nulsen 11.0% of single parents were male and 89.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nulsen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $1,843.

Employment status of couple families

In Nulsen, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nulsen, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nulsen, 88.2% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 5.4% were other dwellings.

In Nulsen, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 61.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nulsen, 21.7% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Nulsen, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Nulsen, 37.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Nulsen, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nulsen, there were 170 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 38.2%) were male and 105 (or 61.8%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Nulsen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $749.

In Nulsen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $118 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.