Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% 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 Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) were English 31.0%, Australian 22.6%, Irish 10.3%, German 8.0% and Scottish 7.8%.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, Netherlands 2.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Cyprus 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) were Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 21.0%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Baptist 4.2%.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Dutch 0.8%, Greek 0.8%, Croatian 0.8% and Turkish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld). Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) included Managers 31.0%, Professionals 18.6%, Labourers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.7%, Accommodation 7.6%, School Education 5.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.6% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) was $425.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.8%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Truck 3.0% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 33.0% were couple families with children, 57.7% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld) 55.6% of single parents were male and 44.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 67.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 23.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 47.8% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), of all households, 70.9% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 37.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), 33.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 55.6%) were male and 8 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $266.

In Maryvale (Southern Downs - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.