Nords Wharf (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 820 people in Nords Wharf (L) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Nords Wharf (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Nords Wharf (L) aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nords Wharf (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Nords Wharf (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nords Wharf (L) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Nords Wharf (L) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 24.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nords Wharf (L) were Australian 35.6%, English 31.5%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 7.3% and German 3.2%.

In Nords Wharf (L), 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, Fiji 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Greece 0.4%.

In Nords Wharf (L), 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nords Wharf (L) were No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 21.8%, Catholic 20.7%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Nords Wharf (L) 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 0.4% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 420 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nords Wharf (L). Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nords Wharf (L), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nords Wharf (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Nords Wharf (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Managers 8.4%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Nords Wharf (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Accommodation 2.7% and Coal Mining 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nords Wharf (L) was $563.

In Nords Wharf (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.0%, Other 1.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.0%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nords Wharf (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Nords Wharf (L), 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nords Wharf (L), 45.6% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Nords Wharf (L) 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nords Wharf (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,308 and those without children was $2,096.

Employment status of couple families

In Nords Wharf (L), of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nords Wharf (L), 75.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nords Wharf (L), 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 Nords Wharf (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nords Wharf (L), 42.6% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Nords Wharf (L), of all households, 77.6% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Nords Wharf (L), 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Nords Wharf (L), 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nords Wharf (L), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Nords Wharf (L), 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 $1,166.

In Nords Wharf (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $315 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.