Maleny

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,104 people were counted in Maleny: of these 45.7% were male and 54.3% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny there were 250 children aged 0-14 years and 302 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 1,003 people were Australian citizens, 212 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 42.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 20.2% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 28.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 76.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Maleny were England 7.4%, New Zealand 4.7%, Netherlands 0.5%, South Africa 0.5% and Switzerland 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Maleny on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 21.6%, Catholic 10.1%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were French 0.6%, Cantonese 0.4%, German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Indonesian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 419 people aged 15 years and over in Maleny were in the labour force. Of these 45.6% worked full-time, 38.9% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.6% were unemployed. 394 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Maleny, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.6%, Education 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Health Services 3.3% and Food Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 295 families were counted: of these, 35.9% were couple families without children, 30.8% were couple families with children, 32.2% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 480 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Maleny, 80.4% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 5.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.1% were being purchased and 36.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Maleny, 60.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.7% were single (or lone) person households and 5.2% were group households.