Marengo (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 218 people in Marengo (L) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Marengo (L) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.9% of the population.

Of people in Marengo (L) aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marengo (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Marengo (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marengo (L) was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Marengo (L) 20.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marengo (L) were English 32.0%, Australian 22.3%, Scottish 13.3%, Irish 12.3% and German 3.7%.

In Marengo (L), 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.0%, United States of America 2.8%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.8% and Germany 1.8%.

In Marengo (L), 70.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marengo (L) were No Religion 39.1%, Anglican 13.6%, Catholic 13.6%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In Marengo (L) 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Macedonian 1.8% and Swedish 1.4%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marengo (L). Of these 41.1% were employed full time, 44.9% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marengo (L), 22.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marengo (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Marengo (L) were Technicians and Trades Workers 22.1%, Managers 18.3%, Labourers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Professionals 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Marengo (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 15.4%, Building Completion Services 5.8%, Fishing 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Air and Space Transport 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marengo (L) was $468.

In Marengo (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.8%, Bicycle 2.9% and Other 2.9%. 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 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marengo (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.4% 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 Marengo (L), 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marengo (L), 33.3% were couple families with children, 59.6% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Marengo (L) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marengo (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Marengo (L), of couple families with children, 7.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marengo (L), 34.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 65.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marengo (L), 91.7% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Marengo (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 59.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marengo (L), 47.0% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Marengo (L), of all households, 70.2% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Marengo (L), 34.2% 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.

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 Marengo (L), 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marengo (L), there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Marengo (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Marengo (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.