Mallabula

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 851 people in Mallabula of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mallabula was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Mallabula aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mallabula was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mallabula, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mallabula was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mallabula 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mallabula were English 35.4%, Australian 32.3%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.1%.

In Mallabula, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.4%.

In Mallabula, 73.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mallabula were Anglican 33.2%, Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Mallabula 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.5% and Latvian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 388 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mallabula. Of these 52.8% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mallabula, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mallabula was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Mallabula included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Labourers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4%, Managers 8.5% and Professionals 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Mallabula, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mallabula was $431.

In Mallabula, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 0.8%, Truck 0.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mallabula, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Mallabula, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mallabula, 35.2% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Mallabula 19.5% of single parents were male and 80.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mallabula, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Mallabula, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mallabula, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mallabula, 92.5% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mallabula, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mallabula, 35.8% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 29.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mallabula, of all households, 73.6% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Mallabula, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Mallabula, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mallabula, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 48.8%) were male and 21 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Mallabula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,024.

In Mallabula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.