Merbein South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 585 people in Merbein South of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Merbein South was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Merbein South aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Merbein South was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Merbein South, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Merbein South was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Merbein South 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Merbein South were Australian 30.3%, English 29.7%, Scottish 9.0%, German 7.0% and Italian 6.3%.

In Merbein South, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 1.7%, Kosovo 1.2%, Croatia 0.5%, England 0.5% and Ethiopia 0.5%.

In Merbein South, 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Merbein South were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 14.2%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Merbein South 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.1%, Turkish 1.7%, Albanian 1.0% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 304 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Merbein South. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Merbein South, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Merbein South was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Merbein South included Managers 22.2%, Labourers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Professionals 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Merbein South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 17.4%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Merbein South was $461.

In Merbein South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Walked only 7.7%, Car, as passenger 2.4%, Truck 1.4% and Car as driver, truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Merbein South, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Merbein South, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Merbein South, 41.2% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Merbein South 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Merbein South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,575 and those without children was $1,267.

Employment status of couple families

In Merbein South, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Merbein South, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Merbein South, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Merbein South, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Merbein South, 35.5% were owned outright, 50.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Merbein South, of all households, 85.2% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Merbein South, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% 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 Merbein South, 17.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Merbein South, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 31.8%) were male and 15 (or 68.2%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Merbein South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $579.

In Merbein South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,294.