Mira Mar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,682 people in Mira Mar of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mira Mar was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in Mira Mar aged 15 years and over, 46.2% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mira Mar was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mira Mar, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mira Mar was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mira Mar 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mira Mar were English 33.0%, Australian 27.6%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.5%.

In Mira Mar, 74.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, Philippines 3.5%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.1% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Mira Mar, 54.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mira Mar were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 18.8%, Catholic 17.3%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Mira Mar 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.7%, Filipino 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 766 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mira Mar. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mira Mar, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mira Mar was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mira Mar included Professionals 21.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Labourers 12.3%, Managers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Mira Mar, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Accommodation 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mira Mar was $581.

In Mira Mar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 1.7% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mira Mar, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Mira Mar, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mira Mar, 39.4% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Mira Mar 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mira Mar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,934 and those without children was $2,210.

Employment status of couple families

In Mira Mar, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mira Mar, 79.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mira Mar, 68.5% were separate houses, 27.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mira Mar, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% 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 Mira Mar, 32.1% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mira Mar, of all households, 61.2% were family households, 35.2% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Mira Mar, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Mira Mar, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mira Mar, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 40.6%) were male and 19 (or 59.4%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Mira Mar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Mira Mar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $325.