Mandurah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 83,294 people in Mandurah of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mandurah was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.3% of the population.

Of people in Mandurah aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mandurah was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mandurah, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mandurah was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mandurah 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mandurah were English 35.2%, Australian 28.9%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.5% and German 2.3%.

In Mandurah, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.2%, New Zealand 3.4%, Scotland 1.3%, South Africa 1.3% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Mandurah, 53.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mandurah were Anglican 26.8%, No Religion 25.5%, Catholic 19.9%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Mandurah 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 35,665 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mandurah. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mandurah, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mandurah included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Professionals 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.3% and Managers 9.6%.

Of the employed people in Mandurah, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Metal Ore Mining 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mandurah was $492.

In Mandurah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 2.2%, Bus 2.1% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mandurah, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% 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, 14.8% 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 Mandurah, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mandurah, 36.5% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Mandurah 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mandurah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,367 and those without children was $2,118.

Employment status of couple families

In Mandurah, of couple families with children, 13.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mandurah, 78.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mandurah, 82.9% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Mandurah, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mandurah, 31.7% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mandurah, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Mandurah, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Mandurah, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mandurah, there were 1,574 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 780 (or 49.6%) were male and 794 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mandurah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $990.

In Mandurah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,864.