Menzies (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 965 people in Menzies (Qld) of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Menzies (Qld) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Menzies (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 32.4% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Menzies (Qld) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Menzies (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 29.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Menzies (Qld) was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Menzies (Qld) 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Menzies (Qld) were Australian 26.6%, English 21.7%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.8% and Filipino 4.3%.

In Menzies (Qld), 64.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.0%, Philippines 5.7%, England 1.2%, Papua New Guinea 1.1% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Menzies (Qld), 60.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Menzies (Qld) were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 13.7%, Christian, nfd 4.5% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Menzies (Qld) 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 2.7%, Tagalog 1.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.5% and Shona 0.5%.

Employment

There were 549 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Menzies (Qld). Of these 74.5% were employed full time, 12.4% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Menzies (Qld), 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Menzies (Qld) was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Menzies (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Menzies (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 25.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Hospitals 3.3%, School Education 2.9% and Allied Health Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Menzies (Qld) was $930.

In Menzies (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 11.4%, Walked only 9.3%, Bicycle 1.9% and Taxi 0.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Menzies (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 5.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Menzies (Qld), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Menzies (Qld), 34.9% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Menzies (Qld) 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Menzies (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,888 and those without children was $2,541.

Employment status of couple families

In Menzies (Qld), of couple families with children, 51.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Menzies (Qld), 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Menzies (Qld), 50.0% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 45.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Menzies (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 17.8% had 1 bedroom, 32.9% had 2 bedrooms and 29.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Menzies (Qld), 12.8% were owned outright, 22.8% were owned with a mortgage and 60.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Menzies (Qld), of all households, 57.7% were family households, 37.0% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Menzies (Qld), 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 Menzies (Qld), 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Menzies (Qld), there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 53.2%) were male and 52 (or 46.8%) 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 Menzies (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Menzies (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.