Mirriwinni (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 220 people in Mirriwinni (L) of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mirriwinni (L) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Mirriwinni (L) aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mirriwinni (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 44 years.

In Mirriwinni (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mirriwinni (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mirriwinni (L) 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 10.3% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mirriwinni (L) were Australian 28.7%, English 26.5%, Italian 9.5%, Irish 8.4% and Scottish 4.0%.

In Mirriwinni (L), 79.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Netherlands 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Philippines 1.3% and Poland 1.3%.

In Mirriwinni (L), 70.9% 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 Mirriwinni (L) were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 19.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In Mirriwinni (L) 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 3.6%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mirriwinni (L). Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mirriwinni (L), 3.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mirriwinni (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Mirriwinni (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.0%, Managers 13.6%, Professionals 12.5%, Labourers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1% and Sales Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Mirriwinni (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 10.1%, Building Installation Services 7.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.6%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.6% and Timber and Hardware Goods Wholesaling 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mirriwinni (L) was $432.

In Mirriwinni (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.9%, Walked only 8.8%, Truck 6.6% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. 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 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mirriwinni (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.9% 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 Mirriwinni (L), 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mirriwinni (L), 36.1% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Mirriwinni (L) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mirriwinni (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Mirriwinni (L), of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mirriwinni (L), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mirriwinni (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mirriwinni (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 58.8% 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 Mirriwinni (L), 50.6% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mirriwinni (L), of all households, 68.7% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Mirriwinni (L), 38.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Mirriwinni (L), 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mirriwinni (L), there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 45.0%) were male and 11 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Mirriwinni (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Mirriwinni (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $228 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.