Majura

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 249 people in Majura of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Majura was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Majura aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Majura was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Majura, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Majura was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Majura 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 26.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Majura were English 30.3%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.6%.

In Majura, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.0%, England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, South Africa 1.6% and United States of America 1.6%.

In Majura, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Majura were No Religion 34.8%, Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 16.8%, Lutheran 3.6% and Pentecostal 2.4%.

In Majura 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.6%, Thai 1.6% and Cebuano 1.2%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Majura. Of these 72.7% were employed full time, 19.3% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Majura, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Majura was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Majura included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Managers 16.3%, Professionals 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Majura, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 9.0%, Other Construction Services 7.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.9%, Airport Operations and Other Air Transport Support Services 5.5% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Majura was $890.

In Majura, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Walked only 6.2%, Truck 4.8%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Taxi 2.1%. 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 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Majura, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Majura, 35.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Majura, 48.6% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Majura, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Majura, of couple families with children, 29.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Majura, 69.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Majura, 89.9% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Majura, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.1% had 2 bedrooms and 63.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Majura, 18.4% were owned outright, 13.3% were owned with a mortgage and 65.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Majura, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Majura, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Majura, 30.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Majura, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Majura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Majura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $415 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.