Manildra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 728 people in Manildra of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Manildra was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Manildra aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Manildra was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Manildra, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Manildra was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Manildra 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Manildra were Australian 36.4%, English 31.4%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 6.1% and German 4.0%.

In Manildra, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Croatia 0.4%, England 0.4%, France 0.4%, Lebanon 0.4% and Malaysia 0.4%.

In Manildra, 90.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Manildra were Catholic 37.5%, Anglican 30.8%, Uniting Church 9.7%, No Religion 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Manildra 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.4%, Croatian 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 352 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Manildra. Of these 65.1% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Manildra, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Manildra was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Manildra included Labourers 22.2%, Managers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Professionals 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Manildra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 21.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.4%, Hospitals 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and School Education 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Manildra was $473.

In Manildra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Walked only 7.5%, Truck 3.6%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Other 1.2%. 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 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Manildra, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.2% 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 Manildra, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Manildra, 42.0% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Manildra 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Manildra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,824 and those without children was $1,239.

Employment status of couple families

In Manildra, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Manildra, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manildra, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Manildra, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manildra, 44.3% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Manildra, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Manildra, 35.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Manildra, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Manildra, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 33.3%) were male and 18 (or 66.7%) 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 Manildra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Manildra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.