Mareeba (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,961 people were counted in Mareeba (S): of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Of the total population 11.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S) there were 3,915 children aged 0-14 years and 4,352 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 15,944 people were Australian citizens, 3,090 were born overseas and 135 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 51.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 31.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 77.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mareeba (S) were Italy 4.6%, England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Mareeba (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.7%, Anglican 16.4%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Seventh-day Adventist 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 7.1%, German 0.8%, Croatian 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.5% and Spanish 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,727 people aged 15 years and over in Mareeba (S) were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.9% were unemployed. 5,678 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.1%, Professionals 6.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Associate Professionals 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mareeba (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 8.6%, Education 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Health Services 2.8% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 4,627 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 43.1% were couple families with children, 15.6% 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 Mareeba (S), 6,614 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mareeba (S), 86.6% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 45.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.1% were being purchased and 25.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 19.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 65.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mareeba (S), 68.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.