Marong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 899 people in Marong of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Marong was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Marong aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marong was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Marong, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marong was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Marong 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marong were English 34.5%, Australian 32.9%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.8%.

In Marong, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0%, Canada 0.3%, India 0.3% and Ireland 0.3%.

In Marong, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marong were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 19.5%, Uniting Church 12.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Marong 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Serbian 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Punjabi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 465 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marong. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marong, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marong was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Marong included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Professionals 15.8%, Managers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Marong, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Hospitals 4.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marong was $530.

In Marong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Truck 2.0%, Motorbike/scooter 1.1% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marong, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Marong, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marong, 52.9% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Marong 28.0% of single parents were male and 72.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,808 and those without children was $1,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Marong, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marong, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marong, 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Marong, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marong, 38.1% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Marong, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Marong, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Marong, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marong, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 78.3%) were male and 5 (or 21.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Marong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Marong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.