North Maleny

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 580 people in North Maleny of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Maleny was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.1% of the population.

Of people in North Maleny aged 15 years and over, 64.4% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Maleny was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North Maleny, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Maleny was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In North Maleny 18.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Maleny were English 33.6%, Australian 26.3%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 10.1% and German 5.8%.

In North Maleny, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Wales 1.4%, Scotland 1.2% and South Africa 1.2%.

In North Maleny, 59.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Maleny were No Religion 31.3%, Anglican 20.9%, Catholic 13.8%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Christian, nfd 5.9%.

In North Maleny 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.5%, Spanish 0.5% and Croatian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 262 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Maleny. Of these 45.8% were employed full time, 44.7% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Maleny, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Maleny was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in North Maleny included Professionals 30.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Managers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Labourers 8.0%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in North Maleny, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0% and Accommodation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Maleny was $563.

In North Maleny, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.6% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Maleny, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.5% 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 North Maleny, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Maleny, 30.1% were couple families with children, 59.7% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In North Maleny 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Maleny, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In North Maleny, of couple families with children, 8.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Maleny, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Maleny, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In North Maleny, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Maleny, 57.0% were owned outright, 26.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Maleny, of all households, 79.1% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In North Maleny, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 North Maleny, 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Maleny, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 69 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 North Maleny, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In North Maleny, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.