MacDonald Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 492 people were counted in MacDonald Park: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park there were 119 children aged 0-14 years and 84 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 436 people were Australian citizens, 132 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 54.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.8% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 28.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 68.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within MacDonald Park were England 10.2%, Viet Nam 3.7%, Italy 3.0%, Scotland 1.6% and Greece 1.6%.

Of all people counted in MacDonald Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.4%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Baptist 5.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 4.3%, Italian 3.0%, Greek 2.4%, Netherlandic 0.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 236 people aged 15 years and over in MacDonald Park were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.1% were unemployed. 130 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 9.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.2%, Professionals 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in MacDonald Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 5.3%, Construction Trade Services 5.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%, Agriculture 4.7% and Health Services 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 138 families were counted: of these, 28.3% were couple families without children, 52.9% were couple families with children, 16.7% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 155 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in MacDonald Park, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 43.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.9% were being purchased and 7.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 25.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 91.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in MacDonald Park, 85.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.