Marrakai

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 497 people in Marrakai of these 55.5% were male and 44.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Marrakai was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Marrakai aged 15 years and over, 30.1% were married and 19.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marrakai was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Marrakai, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marrakai was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Marrakai 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 4.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marrakai were Australian 32.9%, English 17.8%, Irish 7.0%, Vietnamese 5.8% and German 4.8%.

In Marrakai, 66.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 6.1%, New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.4%, Philippines 1.6% and Thailand 1.2%.

In Marrakai, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marrakai were No Religion 30.5%, Catholic 20.4%, Anglican 10.3%, Buddhism 10.1% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Marrakai 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 8.3%, Thai 1.2%, Khmer 0.8%, German 0.6% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marrakai. Of these 67.5% were employed full time, 18.5% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marrakai, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marrakai was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Marrakai included Managers 24.1%, Labourers 18.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Professionals 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Marrakai, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 8.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.4%, Construction Material Mining 6.2% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marrakai was $524.

In Marrakai, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.4%, Walked only 16.3%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Other 3.5% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marrakai, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Marrakai, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marrakai, 46.3% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Marrakai 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marrakai, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,406 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Marrakai, of couple families with children, 40.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marrakai, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marrakai, 53.1% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 40.1% were other dwellings.

In Marrakai, of occupied private dwellings 16.0% had 1 bedroom, 32.7% had 2 bedrooms and 21.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marrakai, 30.5% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Marrakai, of all households, 61.7% were family households, 30.9% were single person households and 7.4% were group households.

In Marrakai, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Marrakai, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marrakai, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 47.8%) were male and 24 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Marrakai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Marrakai, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $979.