Molong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,515 people in Molong of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Molong was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Molong aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Molong was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Molong, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Molong was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Molong 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Molong were Australian 37.8%, English 32.6%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 7.7% and German 2.2%.

In Molong, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, South Africa 0.6%, Scotland 0.2% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2%.

In Molong, 83.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Molong were Anglican 29.8%, Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Baptist 3.8%.

In Molong 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Czech 0.2%, Finnish 0.2%, French 0.2%, Thai 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Molong. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Molong, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Molong was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Molong included Managers 21.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Professionals 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Molong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.8%, School Education 5.7%, Local Government Administration 4.9%, Hospitals 3.5% and Metal Ore Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Molong was $502.

In Molong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 6.3%, Truck 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Molong, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Molong, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Molong, 42.9% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Molong 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Molong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,910 and those without children was $1,852.

Employment status of couple families

In Molong, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Molong, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Molong, 92.5% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Molong, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Molong, 39.9% were owned outright, 34.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Molong, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Molong, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Molong, 32.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Molong, there were 83 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 43.4%) were male and 47 (or 56.6%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Molong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $880.

In Molong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.