Menindee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 449 people in Menindee of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 39.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Menindee was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Menindee aged 15 years and over, 30.8% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Menindee was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Menindee, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Menindee was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Menindee 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.5% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Menindee were Australian 49.4%, English 20.1%, Irish 5.6%, Scottish 3.2% and Italian 2.4%.

In Menindee, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were United States of America 0.9%, England 0.7%, Germany 0.7%, Ireland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Menindee, 88.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Menindee were Catholic 27.2%, No Religion 25.7%, Anglican 22.3%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Menindee 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Paakantyi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Menindee. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 15.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Menindee, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Menindee was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Menindee were Professionals 21.6%, Labourers 21.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.7%, Managers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Menindee, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 14.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.5%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.8%, Local Government Administration 5.8% and Accommodation 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Menindee was $377.

In Menindee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.3%, Walked only 15.7%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Other 2.9% and Truck 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 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Menindee, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.3% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Menindee, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Menindee, 24.6% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 28.1% were one parent families.

In Menindee 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Menindee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Menindee, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Menindee, 82.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Menindee, 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Menindee, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Menindee, 32.4% were owned outright, 13.3% were owned with a mortgage and 41.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Menindee, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Menindee, 43.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Menindee, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Menindee, there were 179 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 49.7%) were male and 90 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Menindee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $729.

In Menindee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.