Menangle Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 241 people in Menangle Park of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Menangle Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Menangle Park aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Menangle Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Menangle Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Menangle Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Menangle Park 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Menangle Park were Australian 39.1%, English 34.0%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 4.0% and Italian 3.4%.

In Menangle Park, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.5%, Italy 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Menangle Park, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Menangle Park were Anglican 40.9%, Catholic 31.0%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 2.1% and Judaism 1.2%.

In Menangle Park 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Menangle Park. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Menangle Park, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Menangle Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Menangle Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Sales Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.9%, Labourers 13.9%, Managers 10.2%, Professionals 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Menangle Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.2%, Horse and Dog Racing Activities 9.2%, School Education 7.3%, Building Structure Services 4.6% and Road Freight Transport 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Menangle Park was $443.

In Menangle Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.5%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 3.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.7% and Truck 2.8%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Menangle Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 4.0% 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 Menangle Park, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Menangle Park, 45.5% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Menangle Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Menangle Park, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Menangle Park, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Menangle Park, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Menangle Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 64.9% 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 Menangle Park, 51.4% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Menangle Park, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Menangle Park, 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Menangle Park, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Menangle Park, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Menangle Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Menangle Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.