Miena

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 303 people in Miena of these 58.1% were male and 41.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Miena was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in Miena aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 24.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Miena was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Miena, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Miena was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Miena 17.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.3% were in primary school, 5.6% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Miena were English 36.7%, Australian 26.1%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.8%.

In Miena, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, Scotland 3.0%, New Zealand 2.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In Miena, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Miena were Anglican 34.8%, No Religion 20.5%, Catholic 17.9%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Miena 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Miena. Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Miena, 17.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Miena was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Miena were Managers 25.7%, Labourers 19.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Miena, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 18.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.5%, Parks and Gardens Operations 9.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.8% and Aquaculture 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Miena was $380.

In Miena, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 48.1%, Walked only 17.3%, Motorbike/scooter 5.8% and Car, as passenger 4.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Miena, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.5% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Miena, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Miena, 15.8% were couple families with children, 72.4% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Miena 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Miena, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Miena, of couple families with children, 10.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 10.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Miena, 11.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 88.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miena, 94.2% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Miena, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 30.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miena, 58.8% were owned outright, 20.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Miena, of all households, 54.1% were family households, 41.5% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Miena, 50.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Miena, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Miena, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 66 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 Miena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In Miena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,170.