Mueller Ranges

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 409 people in Mueller Ranges of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 93.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mueller Ranges was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 36.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Mueller Ranges aged 15 years and over, 30.4% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mueller Ranges was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mueller Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mueller Ranges was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Mueller Ranges 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.3% were in primary school, 15.0% in secondary school and 4.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mueller Ranges were Australian Aboriginal 83.8%, English 3.2%, Australian 2.3%, Scottish 1.4% and Torres Strait Islander 0.9%.

In Mueller Ranges, 97.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were South Africa 0.7% and Vietnam 0.7%.

In Mueller Ranges, 96.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mueller Ranges were Other Protestant 50.2%, No Religion 21.1%, Uniting Church 6.6%, Catholic 4.7% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Mueller Ranges 22.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 42.3%, Walmajarri 4.4%, Jaru 3.7%, Gooniyandi 3.2% and Kija 3.2%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mueller Ranges. Of these 40.0% were employed full time, 40.8% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Mueller Ranges, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 33.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mueller Ranges was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mueller Ranges were Labourers 58.7%, Managers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Professionals 6.4% and Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Mueller Ranges, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 27.3%, School Education 16.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 15.5%, Allied Health Services 6.4% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mueller Ranges was $286.

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In Mueller Ranges, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as passenger 27.9%, Walked only 25.2%, Car, as driver 20.7%, Bus 7.2% and Other 2.7%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mueller Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 47.2% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Mueller Ranges, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mueller Ranges, 49.4% were couple families with children, 14.5% were couple families without children and 30.1% were one parent families.

In Mueller Ranges 32.1% of single parents were male and 67.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mueller Ranges, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $733 and those without children was $2,250.

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Employment status of couple families

In Mueller Ranges, of couple families with children, 7.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 11.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mueller Ranges, 67.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mueller Ranges, 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.1% were other dwellings.

In Mueller Ranges, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mueller Ranges, 8.9% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 68.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mueller Ranges, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mueller Ranges, 39.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Mueller Ranges, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mueller Ranges, there were 379 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 205 (or 54.1%) were male and 174 (or 45.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mueller Ranges, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $709.

In Mueller Ranges, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.