Minnie Water

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 189 people in Minnie Water of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Minnie Water was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.0% of the population.

Of people in Minnie Water aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Minnie Water was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Minnie Water, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Minnie Water was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Minnie Water 20.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Minnie Water were English 34.0%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.7%.

In Minnie Water, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Austria 2.1%, Japan 2.1%, England 1.6%, Germany 1.6% and New Zealand 1.6%.

In Minnie Water, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Minnie Water were No Religion 30.2%, Anglican 29.7%, Catholic 18.2%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Baptist 1.6%.

In Minnie Water 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Japanese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 61 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minnie Water. Of these 41.0% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Minnie Water, 18.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Minnie Water was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Minnie Water included Professionals 27.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Managers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Labourers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Minnie Water, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 10.0%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 6.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Minnie Water was $411.

In Minnie Water, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.0% and Car, as passenger 8.6%. 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 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Minnie Water, 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, 22.8% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Minnie Water, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Minnie Water, 25.4% were couple families with children, 64.4% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Minnie Water 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Minnie Water, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,550 and those without children was $2,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Minnie Water, of couple families with children, 7.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Minnie Water, 47.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minnie Water, 92.8% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Minnie Water, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minnie Water, 54.1% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Minnie Water, of all households, 69.0% were family households, 31.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Minnie Water, 40.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Minnie Water, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Minnie Water, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Minnie Water, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Minnie Water, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.