Mathoura

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,163 people in Mathoura of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mathoura was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.8% of the population.

Of people in Mathoura aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mathoura was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Mathoura, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mathoura was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mathoura 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mathoura were Australian 34.4%, English 32.3%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 8.9% and German 3.7%.

In Mathoura, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.7%, Germany 0.3% and Greece 0.3%.

In Mathoura, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mathoura were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 14.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Mathoura 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Serbian 0.3% and Thai 0.3%.

Employment

There were 535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mathoura. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mathoura, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mathoura was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Mathoura included Managers 32.5%, Labourers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Professionals 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Mathoura, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.4%, Accommodation 5.0%, Local Government Administration 3.6%, School Education 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mathoura was $408.

In Mathoura, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.5%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.6% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mathoura, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Mathoura, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mathoura, 29.3% were couple families with children, 53.9% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Mathoura 23.9% of single parents were male and 76.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mathoura, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,465 and those without children was $1,615.

Employment status of couple families

In Mathoura, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mathoura, 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mathoura, 92.3% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Mathoura, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mathoura, 47.0% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mathoura, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Mathoura, 37.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Mathoura, 33.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mathoura, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 57.9%) were male and 8 (or 42.1%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Mathoura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Mathoura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,928.