Monarto South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 348 people in Monarto South of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Monarto South was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Monarto South aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Monarto South was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Monarto South, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Monarto South was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Monarto South 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Monarto South were Australian 36.0%, English 31.9%, Scottish 7.9%, German 7.9% and Irish 5.8%.

In Monarto South, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Malaysia 1.4%, Wales 1.4%, Canada 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Monarto South, 77.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Monarto South were No Religion 36.2%, Uniting Church 16.1%, Lutheran 10.1%, Catholic 8.3% and Anglican 7.5%.

In Monarto South 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 184 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Monarto South. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Monarto South, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Monarto South was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Monarto South included Managers 34.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Labourers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Professionals 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Monarto South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 8.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Monarto South was $505.

In Monarto South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Other 1.6% and Ferry, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Monarto South, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Monarto South, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Monarto South, 45.8% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Monarto South 41.7% of single parents were male and 58.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Monarto South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Monarto South, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 35.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Monarto South, 78.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Monarto South, 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 Monarto South, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Monarto South, 35.3% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Monarto South, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Monarto South, 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Monarto South, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Monarto South, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Monarto South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Monarto South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.