Mareeba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,294 people in Mareeba of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 16.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mareeba was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Mareeba aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mareeba was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mareeba, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% 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 Mareeba was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mareeba 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mareeba were Australian 30.5%, English 21.9%, Italian 11.3%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Mareeba, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, England 1.7%, Papua New Guinea 0.7% and Germany 0.4%.

In Mareeba, 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mareeba were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 17.5%, Anglican 15.1%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Seventh-day Adventist 4.0%.

In Mareeba 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.2%, Spanish 0.3%, Croatian 0.3%, Uzbek 0.2% and Thai 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,966 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mareeba. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mareeba, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mareeba was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mareeba included Labourers 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Managers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Mareeba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.1%, School Education 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.0% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mareeba was $446.

In Mareeba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Walked only 5.6%, Bicycle 1.8% and Bus 1.5%. 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 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mareeba, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Mareeba, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mareeba, 35.2% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

In Mareeba 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mareeba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $1,653.

Employment status of couple families

In Mareeba, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mareeba, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mareeba, 84.6% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Mareeba, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mareeba, 35.2% were owned outright, 21.8% were owned with a mortgage and 38.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mareeba, of all households, 66.3% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mareeba, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Mareeba, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mareeba, there were 1,216 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 586 (or 48.2%) were male and 630 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mareeba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $828.

In Mareeba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $188 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.