Miriam Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 422 people in Miriam Vale of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Miriam Vale was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Miriam Vale aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Miriam Vale was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Miriam Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Miriam Vale was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Miriam Vale 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Miriam Vale were Australian 32.3%, English 31.8%, Scottish 8.1%, German 6.7% and Irish 5.8%.

In Miriam Vale, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.6%, Germany 1.4%, Japan 0.9% and Canada 0.7%.

In Miriam Vale, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Miriam Vale were Anglican 26.9%, No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 14.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In Miriam Vale 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Miriam Vale. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Miriam Vale, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Miriam Vale was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Miriam Vale included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.8%, Labourers 11.2%, Professionals 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Miriam Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Local Government Administration 6.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.6% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Miriam Vale was $500.

In Miriam Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Walked only 10.4%, Other 2.5%, Bus 1.8% and Car, as passenger 1.8%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Miriam Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 6.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Miriam Vale, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Miriam Vale, 39.5% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Miriam Vale 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Miriam Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,318 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Miriam Vale, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Miriam Vale, 80.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miriam Vale, 90.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Miriam Vale, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miriam Vale, 35.2% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Miriam Vale, of all households, 71.7% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Miriam Vale, 37.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Miriam Vale, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Miriam Vale, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 71.4%) were male and 6 (or 28.6%) 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 Miriam Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Miriam Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.