Maroochy River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,337 people in Maroochy River of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Maroochy River was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Maroochy River aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maroochy River was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Maroochy River, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maroochy River was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Maroochy River 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maroochy River were English 32.5%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 6.2%.

In Maroochy River, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Maroochy River, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maroochy River were No Religion 24.8%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Maroochy River 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Hindi 0.4%, Japanese 0.4%, Dutch 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 673 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maroochy River. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maroochy River, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maroochy River was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Maroochy River included Professionals 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Managers 13.3%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Maroochy River, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maroochy River was $563.

In Maroochy River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Walked only 2.5%, Truck 1.9% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maroochy River, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Maroochy River, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maroochy River, 51.2% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Maroochy River 42.4% of single parents were male and 57.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maroochy River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,073 and those without children was $1,968.

Employment status of couple families

In Maroochy River, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maroochy River, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maroochy River, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Maroochy River, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maroochy River, 33.3% were owned outright, 49.5% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Maroochy River, of all households, 83.0% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Maroochy River, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.3% 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 Maroochy River, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maroochy River, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 66.7%) were male and 11 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Maroochy River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,712.

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