Nungarin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 230 people in Nungarin of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Nungarin was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Nungarin aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nungarin was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Nungarin, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nungarin was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Nungarin 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nungarin were Australian 36.8%, English 30.0%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 5.9% and Swedish 3.3%.

In Nungarin, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 3.9% and Sweden 1.7%.

In Nungarin, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nungarin were Anglican 30.3%, No Religion 29.9%, Catholic 15.2%, Christian, nfd 4.3% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Nungarin 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Macedonian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nungarin. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nungarin, 19.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nungarin was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Nungarin were Managers 39.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Labourers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Nungarin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 32.4%, Local Government Administration 11.8%, School Education 10.8%, Hospitals 4.9% and Medical Services 4.9%.

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

In Nungarin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.4%, Walked only 12.6%, Other 7.8%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Car as driver, other 2.9%. 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 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nungarin, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 48.9% 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 Nungarin, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nungarin, 35.6% were couple families with children, 49.2% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Nungarin 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nungarin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Nungarin, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.4% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nungarin, 72.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nungarin, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Nungarin, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 35.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nungarin, 47.7% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Nungarin, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Nungarin, 41.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Nungarin, 27.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nungarin, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 61.9%) were male and 8 (or 38.1%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Nungarin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

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