South Maroota

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 507 people in South Maroota of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in South Maroota was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in South Maroota aged 15 years and over, 59.5% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Maroota was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Maroota, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Maroota was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In South Maroota 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.6% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Maroota were Australian 31.9%, English 29.9%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.9% and Italian 2.1%.

In South Maroota, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Israel 0.8%, Slovenia 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Ireland 0.6%.

In South Maroota, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Maroota were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 32.1%, No Religion 10.4%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In South Maroota 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Russian 0.6%, Arabic 0.6% and Hebrew 0.6%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Maroota. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Maroota, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Maroota was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in South Maroota included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Professionals 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 14.9%, Labourers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in South Maroota, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Maroota was $573.

In South Maroota, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Truck 3.5%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Walked only 2.8% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Maroota, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 South Maroota, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Maroota, 48.7% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In South Maroota 53.8% of single parents were male and 46.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Maroota, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,111 and those without children was $987.

Employment status of couple families

In South Maroota, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Maroota, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maroota, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In South Maroota, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maroota, 30.3% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Maroota, of all households, 81.9% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In South Maroota, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 South Maroota, 18.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Maroota, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 South Maroota, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $5,000.

In South Maroota, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.