Mermaid Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,789 people in Mermaid Waters of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mermaid Waters was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Mermaid Waters aged 15 years and over, 44.9% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mermaid Waters was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mermaid Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Mermaid Waters 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mermaid Waters were English 28.8%, Australian 22.0%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.1% and German 3.7%.

In Mermaid Waters, 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.0%, England 4.9%, Japan 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Mermaid Waters, 49.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mermaid Waters were Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 19.9%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Mermaid Waters 80.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.4%, Japanese 1.4%, Italian 1.0%, Cantonese 0.8% and Greek 0.7%.

Employment

There were 5,871 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mermaid Waters. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mermaid Waters, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mermaid Waters was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mermaid Waters included Professionals 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Managers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Labourers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Mermaid Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, School Education 4.0%, Accommodation 3.8%, Hospitals 2.6% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mermaid Waters was $544.

In Mermaid Waters, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 2.8%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mermaid Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Mermaid Waters, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mermaid Waters, 37.6% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Mermaid Waters 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mermaid Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,139 and those without children was $1,850.

Employment status of couple families

In Mermaid Waters, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mermaid Waters, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mermaid Waters, 62.6% were separate houses, 19.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Mermaid Waters, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mermaid Waters, 35.0% were owned outright, 29.8% were owned with a mortgage and 31.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mermaid Waters, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Mermaid Waters, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Mermaid Waters, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mermaid Waters, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 53.6%) were male and 39 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Mermaid Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Mermaid Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,550.