Merungle Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Merungle Hill of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Merungle Hill was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Merungle Hill aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Merungle Hill was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Merungle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Merungle Hill was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Merungle Hill 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 32.5% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Merungle Hill were Australian 36.8%, English 26.0%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.8% and Italian 7.8%.

In Merungle Hill, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, Italy 3.4% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Merungle Hill, 81.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Merungle Hill were Catholic 37.3%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 14.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.1% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Merungle Hill 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 3.0%.

Employment

There were 136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Merungle Hill. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Merungle Hill, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Merungle Hill was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Merungle Hill included Managers 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Labourers 15.4%, Professionals 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Merungle Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.2%, Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 5.4% and Road Freight Transport 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Merungle Hill was $576.

In Merungle Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 2.3%, Truck 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Walked only 2.3%. 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 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Merungle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Merungle Hill, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Merungle Hill, 40.8% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Merungle Hill 63.6% of single parents were male and 36.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Merungle Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,791 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Merungle Hill, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Merungle Hill, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Merungle Hill, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Merungle Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Merungle Hill, 37.9% were owned outright, 49.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Merungle Hill, of all households, 83.0% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Merungle Hill, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Merungle Hill, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Merungle Hill, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Merungle Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Merungle Hill, 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.