Marangaroo

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,540 people were counted in Marangaroo: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo there were 2,675 children aged 0-14 years and 1,472 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 9,239 people were Australian citizens, 4,002 were born overseas and 33 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 54.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 30.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 58.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Marangaroo were Viet Nam 8.6%, England 5.6%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.5% and Italy 2.5%.

Of all people counted in Marangaroo on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 14.7%, Anglican 14.0%, Buddhism 9.9% and Orthodox 6.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 11.9%, Macedonian 4.9%, Italian 3.7%, Cantonese 1.4% and Burmese 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 63.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,002 people aged 15 years and over in Marangaroo were in the labour force. Of these 57.2% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.9% were unemployed. 2,691 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Professionals 5.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Marangaroo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.8%, Food Retailing 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Health Services 3.6% and Construction Trade Services 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 2,890 families were counted: of these, 26.6% were couple families without children, 54.8% were couple families with children, 17.4% 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 Marangaroo, 3,456 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Marangaroo, 90.4% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 48.9% were being purchased and 15.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 22.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Marangaroo, 81.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.