Maroota

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 291 people in Maroota of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Maroota was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Maroota aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maroota was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Maroota, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maroota was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Maroota 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.6% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maroota were English 32.2%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 5.8%, German 5.8% and Italian 4.5%.

In Maroota, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Italy 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.0% and Greece 1.0%.

In Maroota, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maroota were Anglican 35.3%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 16.1%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Pentecostal 1.7%.

In Maroota 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 2.7%, Italian 2.4%, German 1.0% and Dutch 1.0%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maroota. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maroota, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maroota was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Maroota included Managers 21.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Professionals 10.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Maroota, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0% and Construction Material Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maroota was $569.

In Maroota, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Walked only 5.4%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maroota, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Maroota, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maroota, 47.3% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Maroota 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maroota, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Maroota, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maroota, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maroota, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maroota, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maroota, 32.7% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 27.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Maroota, of all households, 86.7% were family households, 9.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Maroota, 11.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.0% 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 Maroota, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maroota, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 59 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 Maroota, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Maroota, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.