Mirani (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,178 people were counted in Mirani (S): of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Of the total population 2.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S) there were 1,381 children aged 0-14 years and 1,043 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 4,859 people were Australian citizens, 366 were born overseas and 42 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 5.0% were widowed and 26.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 88.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mirani (S) were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.7%, Malta 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Mirani (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 21.9%, Uniting Church 13.7%, No Religion 10.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 0.7%, Italian 0.3%, German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,269 people aged 15 years and over in Mirani (S) were in the labour force. Of these 65.1% worked full-time, 24.5% worked part-time, 4.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 1,393 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 13.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.6%, Associate Professionals 3.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mirani (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 16.9%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.7%, Education 3.9%, Health Services 2.3% and Road Transport 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 1,361 families were counted: of these, 33.4% were couple families without children, 52.6% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 1,815 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mirani (S), 90.9% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 6.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 46.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.9% were being purchased and 18.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 13.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 82.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mirani (S), 74.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.