Munruben

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,809 people in Munruben of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Munruben was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Munruben aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Munruben was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Munruben, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Munruben was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Munruben 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Munruben were Australian 31.7%, English 31.1%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 5.9% and German 5.1%.

In Munruben, 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 5.0%, Germany 1.0%, South Africa 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Munruben, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Munruben were Anglican 25.0%, No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Munruben 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Hmong 0.7%, Serbian 0.5%, Hindi 0.5% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,603 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Munruben. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Munruben, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Munruben was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Munruben included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Managers 10.5%, Professionals 10.4%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Munruben, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.6%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Munruben was $650.

In Munruben, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 4.1%, Bus 1.2% and Bus, car as driver 0.7%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Munruben, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Munruben, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Munruben, 55.7% were couple families with children, 33.4% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Munruben 30.6% of single parents were male and 69.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Munruben, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,329 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Munruben, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Munruben, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munruben, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Munruben, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 24.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munruben, 26.2% were owned outright, 61.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Munruben, of all households, 90.9% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Munruben, 9.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.9% 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 Munruben, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Munruben, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 51.1%) were male and 22 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Munruben, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Munruben, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.