Marthaguy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 253 people in Marthaguy of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Marthaguy was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Marthaguy aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marthaguy was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Marthaguy, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marthaguy was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Marthaguy 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.9% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marthaguy were Australian 34.3%, English 28.4%, Irish 17.2%, Scottish 13.0% and Norwegian 1.2%.

In Marthaguy, 94.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.2%.

In Marthaguy, 93.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marthaguy were Catholic 46.1%, Anglican 31.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.2%, No Religion 5.1% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Marthaguy 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marthaguy. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marthaguy, 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marthaguy was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Marthaguy were Managers 56.9%, Labourers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Professionals 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9% and Sales Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Marthaguy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 63.6%, School Education 4.6%, Other Crop Growing 2.6%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.6% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marthaguy was $610.

In Marthaguy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.6%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 1.9%, Truck 1.9% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 1.9%. 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 41.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marthaguy, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.8% 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 Marthaguy, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marthaguy, 50.7% were couple families with children, 45.2% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

In Marthaguy 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marthaguy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Marthaguy, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 38.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marthaguy, 70.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marthaguy, 92.7% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Marthaguy, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 23.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marthaguy, 47.4% were owned outright, 10.5% were owned with a mortgage and 37.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Marthaguy, of all households, 76.8% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Marthaguy, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Marthaguy, 16.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marthaguy, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 21.4%) were male and 11 (or 78.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Marthaguy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

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