Marree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 634 people in Marree of these 71.0% were male and 29.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 20.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Marree was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.5% of the population.

Of people in Marree aged 15 years and over, 38.8% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marree was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Marree, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marree was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Marree 19.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.3% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marree were Australian 30.5%, English 27.5%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.1% and German 4.7%.

In Marree, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 0.8%, Poland 0.8% and Switzerland 0.8%.

In Marree, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marree were No Religion 33.5%, Catholic 15.7%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Lutheran 4.1%.

In Marree 84.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Adnymathanha 2.5%, German 0.9%, Korean 0.6%, Greek 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 456 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marree. Of these 79.8% were employed full time, 8.8% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marree, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 76.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marree was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Marree included Technicians and Trades Workers 27.4%, Managers 18.5%, Labourers 16.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.7% and Sales Workers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Marree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.7%, Oil and Gas Extraction 17.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Accommodation 4.1% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marree was $1,094.

In Marree, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 28.0%, Walked only 25.1%, Other 11.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marree, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.3% 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 Marree, 17.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marree, 40.7% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Marree 55.6% of single parents were male and 44.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,312 and those without children was $1,957.

Employment status of couple families

In Marree, of couple families with children, 52.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marree, 70.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marree, 87.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Marree, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 30.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marree, 27.5% were owned outright, 6.9% were owned with a mortgage and 55.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Marree, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Marree, 31.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Marree, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marree, there were 126 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 58.7%) were male and 52 (or 41.3%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Marree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Marree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $52 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.