Munno Para West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,319 people in Munno Para West of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Munno Para West was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Munno Para West aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Munno Para West was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Munno Para West, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Munno Para West was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Munno Para West 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Munno Para West were English 33.1%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 5.6%, German 4.6% and Irish 4.5%.

In Munno Para West, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and Sudan 0.4%.

In Munno Para West, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Munno Para West were No Religion 38.3%, Catholic 18.2%, Anglican 11.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Munno Para West 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Greek 0.6%, Khmer 0.6%, Dinka 0.5% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Munno Para West. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Munno Para West, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Munno Para West was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Munno Para West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Labourers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Professionals 8.7% and Managers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Munno Para West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.2%, Defence 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Munno Para West was $664.

In Munno Para West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 1.6%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Munno Para West, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.4% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Munno Para West, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Munno Para West, 45.0% were couple families with children, 30.8% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Munno Para West 11.9% of single parents were male and 88.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Munno Para West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $1,770.

Employment status of couple families

In Munno Para West, of couple families with children, 26.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Munno Para West, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munno Para West, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Munno Para West, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 1.8% had 2 bedrooms and 60.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munno Para West, 7.0% were owned outright, 49.6% were owned with a mortgage and 42.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Munno Para West, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Munno Para West, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Munno Para West, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Munno Para West, there were 85 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 61.2%) were male and 33 (or 38.8%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Munno Para West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $782.

In Munno Para West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.