Miners Rest Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Miners Rest (3352) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 109 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Miners Rest is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Miners Rest was 2,542 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Miners Rest is 30 years of age.

91.1% of people living in the suburb of Miners Rest were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Canada, 0.3% China , 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Singapore, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Thailand, 0.2% India.

94.8% of people living in Miners Rest speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Urdu, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% German, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Miners Rest is 29.8% Catholic, 24.5% No religion, 16.5% Anglican, 11.1% Uniting Church, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.2% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Lutheran, 0.9% Other religious affiliation , 0.7% Churches of Christ.

56.7% of people are married, 32.8% have never married and 5.7% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 37 widowed people living in Miners Rest.

62.1% of the people living in Miners Rest over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.0% are working on a part time basis. Miners Rest has an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Miners Rest are 18.5% Professionals, 18.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.5% Labourers, 10.9% Sales workers, 10.0% Managers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Miners Rest work in are 14.3% Manufacturing, 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.6% Retail trade, 9.3% Construction, 9.1% Education and training, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

21.1% of homes are fully owned, and 63.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $713 per week and the median household income is $1483 per week.

The median rent in Miners Rest is $292 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1629 per month.

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