Mulambin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 613 people in Mulambin of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mulambin was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Mulambin aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mulambin was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mulambin, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mulambin was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mulambin 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mulambin were English 32.5%, Australian 31.0%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.6% and German 7.0%.

In Mulambin, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 1.0% and Germany 0.5%.

In Mulambin, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mulambin were Anglican 26.5%, Catholic 22.6%, No Religion 22.5%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Mulambin 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.5%, Tagalog 0.8% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mulambin. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mulambin, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mulambin was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mulambin included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Managers 10.1%, Labourers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mulambin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.3%, School Education 6.6%, Accommodation 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mulambin was $654.

In Mulambin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 12.5%, Bus 2.4%, Walked only 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mulambin, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Mulambin, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mulambin, 41.7% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Mulambin 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mulambin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,596 and those without children was $2,055.

Employment status of couple families

In Mulambin, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mulambin, 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mulambin, 71.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 25.7% were other dwellings.

In Mulambin, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 18.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mulambin, 30.9% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 33.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mulambin, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mulambin, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Mulambin, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mulambin, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 50.0%) were male and 9 (or 50.0%) 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 Mulambin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $389.

In Mulambin, 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.