Minden Village (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 737 people in Minden Village (L) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Minden Village (L) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Minden Village (L) aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Minden Village (L) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Minden Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Minden Village (L) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Minden Village (L) 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.8% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Minden Village (L) were Australian 34.1%, English 31.3%, Scottish 7.6%, German 7.2% and Irish 6.6%.

In Minden Village (L), 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 4.1%, Malaysia 0.7%, Sudan 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Minden Village (L), 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Minden Village (L) were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Lutheran 3.9%.

In Minden Village (L) 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.7%, Cantonese 0.5%, Greek 0.4%, Latvian 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 345 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minden Village (L). Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Minden Village (L), 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Minden Village (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Minden Village (L) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Labourers 14.0%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6%, Professionals 11.2%, Managers 10.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in Minden Village (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, School Education 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Minden Village (L) was $586.

In Minden Village (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Truck 5.2%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train, car as driver 1.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.8%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Minden Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Minden Village (L), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Minden Village (L), 49.5% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Minden Village (L) 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Minden Village (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Minden Village (L), of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Minden Village (L), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minden Village (L), 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 Minden Village (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.3% had 2 bedrooms and 25.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minden Village (L), 17.3% were owned outright, 60.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Minden Village (L), of all households, 87.8% were family households, 10.9% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Minden Village (L), 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Minden Village (L), 21.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Minden Village (L), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Minden Village (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,050.

In Minden Village (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 $1,898.