Meringandan West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,977 people in Meringandan West of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Meringandan West was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Meringandan West aged 15 years and over, 63.6% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Meringandan West was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Meringandan West, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Meringandan West was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Meringandan West 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.1% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Meringandan West were Australian 34.3%, English 28.4%, Scottish 9.1%, German 8.1% and Irish 6.9%.

In Meringandan West, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Zimbabwe 1.0% and Germany 0.5%.

In Meringandan West, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Meringandan West were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 21.8%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Lutheran 5.1%.

In Meringandan West 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.5%, German 0.3%, French 0.2%, Hungarian 0.2% and Danish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 973 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Meringandan West. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Meringandan West, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Meringandan West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Meringandan West included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 12.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Managers 9.2% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Meringandan West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.3%, Hospitals 4.9%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Meringandan West was $620.

In Meringandan West, 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 7.4%, Truck 2.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.1% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Meringandan West, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.4% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Meringandan West, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Meringandan West, 58.4% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Meringandan West 8.2% of single parents were male and 91.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Meringandan West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $1,934.

Employment status of couple families

In Meringandan West, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.2% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Meringandan West, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meringandan West, 99.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Meringandan West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meringandan West, 23.8% were owned outright, 63.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Meringandan West, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Meringandan West, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Meringandan West, 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Meringandan West, there were 59 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 49.2%) were male and 30 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Meringandan West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,166.

In Meringandan West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.