Munno Para

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,694 people in Munno Para of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Munno Para was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Munno Para aged 15 years and over, 33.1% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Munno Para was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Munno Para, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Munno Para was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Munno Para 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Munno Para were English 37.0%, Australian 30.0%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 5.6% and German 5.6%.

In Munno Para, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.6% and Burundi 0.4%.

In Munno Para, 60.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Munno Para were No Religion 37.6%, Catholic 14.7%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Munno Para 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kirundi (Rundi) 0.6%, Auslan 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Ukrainian 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 661 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Munno Para. Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 10.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Munno Para, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Munno Para was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Munno Para included Labourers 23.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Professionals 4.6% and Managers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Munno Para, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Munno Para was $390.

In Munno Para, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Train 4.4%, Truck 2.2% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Munno Para, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.0% 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 Munno Para, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Munno Para, 36.2% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 30.1% were one parent families.

In Munno Para 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Munno Para, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,597 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Munno Para, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Munno Para, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munno Para, 73.8% were separate houses, 15.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Munno Para, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.4% had 2 bedrooms and 73.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Munno Para, 17.6% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Munno Para, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Munno Para, 38.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Munno Para, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Munno Para, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 46.6%) were male and 31 (or 53.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Munno Para, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Munno Para, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $127 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.