Manifold Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,607 people in Manifold Heights of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Manifold Heights was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Manifold Heights aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Manifold Heights was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Manifold Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% 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 Manifold Heights was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Manifold Heights 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Manifold Heights were Australian 27.1%, English 26.5%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 9.1% and Italian 4.6%.

In Manifold Heights, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, Italy 1.2%, India 1.2%, New Zealand 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Manifold Heights, 69.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Manifold Heights were Catholic 35.8%, No Religion 24.4%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Manifold Heights 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.3%, Greek 0.6%, Dutch 0.5%, Macedonian 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,386 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Manifold Heights. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Manifold Heights, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Manifold Heights was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Manifold Heights included Professionals 26.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Managers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Manifold Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Hospitals 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Tertiary Education 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Manifold Heights was $605.

In Manifold Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 3.6%, Train 2.8% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Manifold Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Manifold Heights, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Manifold Heights, 48.4% were couple families with children, 34.8% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Manifold Heights 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Manifold Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,510 and those without children was $2,270.

Employment status of couple families

In Manifold Heights, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 29.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Manifold Heights, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manifold Heights, 74.5% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Manifold Heights, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 27.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Manifold Heights, 33.9% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Manifold Heights, of all households, 64.2% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Manifold Heights, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Manifold Heights, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Manifold Heights, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 33.3%) were male and 10 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Manifold Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Manifold Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.