Nicholls Rivulet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Nicholls Rivulet of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Nicholls Rivulet was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Nicholls Rivulet aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nicholls Rivulet was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Nicholls Rivulet, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nicholls Rivulet was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Nicholls Rivulet 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nicholls Rivulet were English 30.8%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 14.7%, Scottish 10.2% and German 2.5%.

In Nicholls Rivulet, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, New Zealand 2.3%, Canada 1.3%, Malta 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Nicholls Rivulet, 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nicholls Rivulet were No Religion 35.3%, Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 19.1%, Islam 2.6% and Uniting Church 1.9%.

In Nicholls Rivulet 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nicholls Rivulet. Of these 47.1% were employed full time, 44.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nicholls Rivulet, 20.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Nicholls Rivulet included Professionals 25.2%, Managers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Labourers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Nicholls Rivulet, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, State Government Administration 7.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.5% and Regulatory Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nicholls Rivulet was $524.

In Nicholls Rivulet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 10.6%, Walked only 4.2%, Bus 2.8% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nicholls Rivulet, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Nicholls Rivulet, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nicholls Rivulet, 44.0% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 6.6% were one parent families.

In Nicholls Rivulet 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nicholls Rivulet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,035 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Nicholls Rivulet, of couple families with children, 12.2% had both partners employed full-time, 14.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nicholls Rivulet, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nicholls Rivulet, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Nicholls Rivulet, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nicholls Rivulet, 42.0% were owned outright, 38.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Nicholls Rivulet, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 19.2% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Nicholls Rivulet, 26.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Nicholls Rivulet, 25.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nicholls Rivulet, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 72.0%) were male and 7 (or 28.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Nicholls Rivulet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Nicholls Rivulet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.