Malabar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,937 people in Malabar of these 63.1% were male and 36.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Malabar was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Malabar aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Malabar was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Malabar, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Malabar was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Malabar 50.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.7% were in primary school, 8.8% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Malabar were Australian 18.5%, English 17.8%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 4.5% and Chinese 3.4%.

In Malabar, 66.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Lebanon 0.9% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Malabar, 49.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Malabar were Catholic 28.4%, Anglican 13.7%, No Religion 10.5%, Eastern Orthodox 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.6%.

In Malabar 53.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.5%, Mandarin 1.3%, Cantonese 1.1%, Spanish 1.1% and French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,536 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Malabar. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Malabar, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Malabar was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Malabar included Professionals 24.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Managers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Malabar, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.8%, Tertiary Education 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6% and Building Installation Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Malabar was $511.

In Malabar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Bus 11.2%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 14.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Malabar, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.9% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.1% 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 Malabar, 16.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Malabar, 47.9% were couple families with children, 31.3% were couple families without children and 19.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Malabar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,218 and those without children was $2,277.

Employment status of couple families

In Malabar, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Malabar, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malabar, 64.6% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Malabar, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 31.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Malabar, 35.6% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 35.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Malabar, of all households, 67.9% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Malabar, 33.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 Malabar, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Malabar, there were 300 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 245 (or 81.7%) were male and 55 (or 18.3%) 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 Malabar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Malabar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,840.