Mungindi (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 738 people in Mungindi (NSW) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 19.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mungindi (NSW) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Mungindi (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mungindi (NSW) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Mungindi (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mungindi (NSW) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Mungindi (NSW) 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 10.7% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mungindi (NSW) were Australian 34.2%, English 28.6%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 7.9% and German 2.7%.

In Mungindi (NSW), 90.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.3%, South Africa 1.2%, England 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Taiwan 0.4%.

In Mungindi (NSW), 88.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mungindi (NSW) were Anglican 41.1%, Catholic 27.4%, No Religion 10.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Mungindi (NSW) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.3%, Dutch 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 339 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mungindi (NSW). Of these 68.4% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mungindi (NSW), 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mungindi (NSW) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mungindi (NSW) included Managers 29.0%, Labourers 15.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Mungindi (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.9%, School Education 11.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 7.5%, Other Crop Growing 7.2% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mungindi (NSW) was $619.

In Mungindi (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 3.3% and Train 0.9%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mungindi (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Mungindi (NSW), 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mungindi (NSW), 40.2% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Mungindi (NSW) 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mungindi (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,035.

Employment status of couple families

In Mungindi (NSW), of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mungindi (NSW), 77.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mungindi (NSW), 97.5% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mungindi (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 33.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mungindi (NSW), 34.5% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 41.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mungindi (NSW), of all households, 64.2% were family households, 33.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Mungindi (NSW), 30.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Mungindi (NSW), 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mungindi (NSW), there were 146 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 37.7%) were male and 91 (or 62.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Mungindi (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Mungindi (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $563.