Mullingar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in Mullingar of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mullingar was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Mullingar aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mullingar was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Mullingar, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mullingar was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mullingar 36.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 9.4% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mullingar were Australian 29.9%, English 26.9%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.3% and German 2.8%.

In Mullingar, 68.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.2%, England 2.3%, Philippines 1.5%, France 1.2% and Indonesia 1.2%.

In Mullingar, 66.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mullingar were Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 23.1%, Catholic 21.1%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Baptist 2.6%.

In Mullingar 81.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Wangkatha 1.2%, French 0.9% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 181 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mullingar. Of these 78.5% were employed full time, 17.1% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mullingar, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mullingar was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 24 years.

The most common occupations in Mullingar included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.5%, Professionals 12.4%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mullingar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 17.5%, Other Mining Support Services 5.6%, School Education 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 4.5% and Hospitals 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mullingar was $1,049.

In Mullingar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.6%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Taxi 2.8%, Bus 2.3% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mullingar, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Mullingar, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mullingar, 49.4% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Mullingar 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mullingar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,812 and those without children was $2,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Mullingar, of couple families with children, 42.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mullingar, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mullingar, 93.9% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mullingar, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mullingar, 13.4% were owned outright, 51.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mullingar, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Mullingar, 8.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.9% 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 Mullingar, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mullingar, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 66.7%) were male and 5 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Mullingar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,333.

In Mullingar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.