Nabowla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 289 people in Nabowla of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Nabowla was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Nabowla aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nabowla was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Nabowla, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nabowla was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Nabowla 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nabowla were Australian 38.7%, English 38.7%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 4.8% and German 2.0%.

In Nabowla, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, Thailand 1.4%, Fiji 1.0%, Hungary 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Nabowla, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nabowla were Anglican 25.9%, No Religion 23.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.6%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Catholic 7.0%.

In Nabowla 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 1.0% and Fijian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nabowla. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nabowla, 16.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nabowla was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Nabowla included Managers 22.6%, Labourers 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Professionals 8.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Nabowla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 10.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 8.0%, School Education 3.6% and Forestry and Logging 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nabowla was $410.

In Nabowla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Walked only 4.4%, Car, as passenger 2.2%, Truck 2.2% and Bus, car as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nabowla, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Nabowla, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nabowla, 38.4% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Nabowla 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nabowla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Nabowla, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nabowla, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nabowla, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Nabowla, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nabowla, 51.8% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nabowla, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Nabowla, 36.5% 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 Nabowla, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nabowla, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 76 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 Nabowla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $691.

In Nabowla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $475 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.