Magpie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 640 people in Magpie of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Magpie was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Magpie aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Magpie was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Magpie, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Magpie was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Magpie 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Magpie were Australian 32.4%, English 31.9%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 9.2% and Dutch 3.0%.

In Magpie, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Netherlands 1.2%, Canada 0.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5% and Guernsey 0.5%.

In Magpie, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Magpie were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 11.6%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Magpie 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.5% and Slovene 0.5%.

Employment

There were 336 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Magpie. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Magpie, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Magpie was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Magpie included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Professionals 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 12.5%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Magpie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.4%, Building Installation Services 4.7%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Magpie was $562.

In Magpie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.5%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Other 2.5%, Truck 1.2% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Magpie, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Magpie, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Magpie, 56.8% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Magpie 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Magpie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,015 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Magpie, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 30.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Magpie, 98.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 1.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Magpie, 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 Magpie, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Magpie, 46.6% were owned outright, 43.0% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Magpie, of all households, 86.6% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Magpie, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.7% 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 Magpie, 17.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Magpie, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Magpie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Magpie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.