Marmong Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 762 people in Marmong Point of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Marmong Point was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Marmong Point aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marmong Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Marmong Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marmong Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Marmong Point 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 32.6% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marmong Point were English 33.7%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 8.1% and German 2.6%.

In Marmong Point, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Wales 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Marmong Point, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marmong Point were Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Marmong Point 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.5%, Hindi 0.5%, Samoan 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 374 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marmong Point. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marmong Point, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marmong Point was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Marmong Point included Professionals 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Marmong Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marmong Point was $559.

In Marmong Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.3%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 1.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marmong Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.1% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Marmong Point, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marmong Point, 48.0% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Marmong Point 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marmong Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,154 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Marmong Point, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marmong Point, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marmong Point, 87.6% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Marmong Point, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.7% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marmong Point, 33.6% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Marmong Point, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Marmong Point, 24.6% 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 Marmong Point, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marmong Point, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 23.1%) were male and 10 (or 76.9%) were female. The median age was 65 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 Marmong Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Marmong Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.