Minden

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,093 people in Minden of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Minden was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Minden aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Minden was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Minden, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Minden was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Minden 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.9% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Minden were Australian 34.8%, English 30.3%, German 8.4%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 6.1%.

In Minden, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 3.8%, Scotland 0.5%, Malaysia 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Minden, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Minden were Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Minden 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.5%, Polish 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 507 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minden. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Minden, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Minden included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Labourers 14.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Professionals 9.9% and Managers 9.5%.

Of the employed people in Minden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.2%, School Education 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Minden was $555.

In Minden, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 4.3%, Walked only 2.7% and Train, car as driver 1.9%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Minden, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Minden, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Minden, 47.1% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Minden 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Minden, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,920 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Minden, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Minden, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minden, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Minden, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minden, 23.3% were owned outright, 56.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Minden, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Minden, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Minden, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Minden, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Minden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,437.

In Minden, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,898.