Mengha

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 300 people in Mengha of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mengha was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Mengha aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mengha was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mengha, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mengha was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mengha 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 36.0% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mengha were Australian 39.3%, English 29.7%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 5.6% and New Zealander 2.3%.

In Mengha, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, England 3.7%, Hungary 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and Sweden 1.0%.

In Mengha, 78.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mengha were No Religion 36.3%, Anglican 19.3%, Catholic 14.0%, Christian, nfd 6.3% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Mengha 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 2.3%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mengha. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mengha, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mengha was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mengha included Managers 25.7%, Labourers 22.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Mengha, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 15.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.5%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 7.9%, Forestry and Logging 5.0% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mengha was $503.

In Mengha, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Motorbike/scooter 5.0%, Walked only 4.3% and Truck 3.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mengha, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.3% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.8% 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 Mengha, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mengha, 54.0% were couple families with children, 29.9% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Mengha 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mengha, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Mengha, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mengha, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mengha, 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 Mengha, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 66.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mengha, 41.5% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mengha, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Mengha, 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Mengha, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mengha, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 52.6%) were male and 9 (or 47.4%) 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 Mengha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Mengha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.