Mundubbera

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,042 people in Mundubbera of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mundubbera was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Mundubbera aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mundubbera was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mundubbera, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mundubbera was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Mundubbera 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mundubbera were Australian 27.0%, English 26.7%, German 11.2%, Irish 8.6% and Scottish 7.2%.

In Mundubbera, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, Tonga 1.6%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.5%, England 1.2% and France 1.2%.

In Mundubbera, 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mundubbera were Anglican 23.1%, No Religion 19.0%, Uniting Church 13.6%, Catholic 9.5% and Baptist 5.2%.

In Mundubbera 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 2.6%, Korean 1.4%, French 1.2%, Sinhalese 0.7% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 510 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mundubbera. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mundubbera, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mundubbera was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mundubbera included Labourers 30.5%, Managers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Professionals 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Mundubbera, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 20.8%, School Education 5.6%, Local Government Administration 4.8%, Other Livestock Farming 3.3% and Accommodation 3.3%.

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

In Mundubbera, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 12.3%, Walked only 11.0%, Truck 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. 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 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mundubbera, 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, 21.4% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Mundubbera, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mundubbera, 34.2% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Mundubbera 34.1% of single parents were male and 65.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mundubbera, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,478.

Employment status of couple families

In Mundubbera, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Mundubbera, 80.0% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 9.6% were other dwellings.

In Mundubbera, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mundubbera, 34.8% were owned outright, 21.4% were owned with a mortgage and 37.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mundubbera, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Mundubbera, 34.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Mundubbera, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mundubbera, there were 93 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 50.5%) were male and 46 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Mundubbera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Mundubbera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,116.