Mango Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,340 people in Mango Hill of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mango Hill was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Mango Hill aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mango Hill was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mango Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mango Hill was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mango Hill 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mango Hill were English 31.2%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.6%.

In Mango Hill, 69.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 6.4%, South Africa 2.3%, Scotland 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Mango Hill, 54.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mango Hill were Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Mango Hill 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.8%, Spanish 0.6%, Hindi 0.6%, Samoan 0.6% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,330 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mango Hill. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mango Hill, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mango Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Mango Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Professionals 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.5%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Mango Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mango Hill was $698.

In Mango Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train, car as driver 2.4%, Train 2.1% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mango Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% 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, 16.2% 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 Mango Hill, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mango Hill, 54.8% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Mango Hill 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mango Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,297 and those without children was $1,990.

Employment status of couple families

In Mango Hill, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mango Hill, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mango Hill, 82.9% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mango Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mango Hill, 19.9% were owned outright, 49.7% were owned with a mortgage and 26.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mango Hill, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Mango Hill, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.9% 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 Mango Hill, 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mango Hill, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 42.6%) were male and 31 (or 57.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mango Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Mango Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.