Mangalore (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 521 people in Mangalore (Tas.) of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mangalore (Tas.) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Mangalore (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mangalore (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mangalore (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mangalore (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mangalore (Tas.) 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 31.5% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mangalore (Tas.) were Australian 39.9%, English 34.1%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.6% and Italian 1.5%.

In Mangalore (Tas.), 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.8%, Italy 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Mangalore (Tas.), 87.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mangalore (Tas.) were Anglican 39.6%, No Religion 22.8%, Catholic 22.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.2%.

In Mangalore (Tas.) 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.0%, Italian 0.8% and Niue 0.6%.

Employment

There were 269 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mangalore (Tas.). Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mangalore (Tas.), 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mangalore (Tas.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Labourers 9.2% and Sales Workers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Mangalore (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, School Education 3.8%, Building Installation Services 3.4% and Local Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mangalore (Tas.) was $544.

In Mangalore (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.7%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 4.6% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mangalore (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Mangalore (Tas.), 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mangalore (Tas.), 54.7% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Mangalore (Tas.) 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mangalore (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Mangalore (Tas.), of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mangalore (Tas.), 98.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 1.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mangalore (Tas.), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mangalore (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% 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 Mangalore (Tas.), 33.7% were owned outright, 57.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mangalore (Tas.), of all households, 87.2% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mangalore (Tas.), 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Mangalore (Tas.), 12.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mangalore (Tas.), there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 45.5%) were male and 18 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Mangalore (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,187.

In Mangalore (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.