Memagong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 495 people in Memagong of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Memagong was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Memagong aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Memagong was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Memagong, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Memagong was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Memagong 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Memagong were Australian 37.3%, English 29.3%, Scottish 12.7%, Irish 9.4% and German 1.9%.

In Memagong, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Philippines 1.2%, Netherlands 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0% and Canada 0.8%.

In Memagong, 86.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Memagong were Anglican 34.2%, Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 8.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.2% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Memagong 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Arabic 1.6%.

Employment

There were 277 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Memagong. Of these 70.4% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Memagong, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Memagong was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Memagong included Managers 51.5%, Professionals 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Memagong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 49.6%, Hospitals 4.2%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0%, Allied Health Services 3.0% and Other Livestock Farming 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Memagong was $570.

In Memagong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.7%, Walked only 4.5%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Other 2.6% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Memagong, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 16.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.4% 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 Memagong, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Memagong, 46.5% were couple families with children, 40.8% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Memagong 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Memagong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Memagong, of couple families with children, 40.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Memagong, 76.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Memagong, 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 Memagong, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.4% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Memagong, 42.5% were owned outright, 25.1% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Memagong, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Memagong, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Memagong, 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Memagong, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Memagong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

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