Macquarie Fields

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 86,150 people in Macquarie Fields of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Macquarie Fields was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Macquarie Fields aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macquarie Fields was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Macquarie Fields, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macquarie Fields was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Macquarie Fields 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macquarie Fields were Australian 15.9%, English 13.3%, Italian 6.2%, Indian 5.6% and Lebanese 4.1%.

In Macquarie Fields, 55.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Fiji 4.2%, Philippines 2.6%, India 2.4%, Iraq 2.3% and New Zealand 2.1%.

In Macquarie Fields, 27.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 62.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macquarie Fields were Catholic 32.7%, Islam 11.7%, Anglican 11.3%, No Religion 7.6% and Eastern Orthodox 5.9%.

In Macquarie Fields 47.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 8.5%, Hindi 5.2%, Italian 2.8%, Spanish 2.8% and Vietnamese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 38,963 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macquarie Fields. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macquarie Fields, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macquarie Fields was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Macquarie Fields included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Professionals 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Macquarie Fields, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Hospitals 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macquarie Fields was $525.

In Macquarie Fields, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Train 7.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Train, bus 1.7%. On the day, 14.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macquarie Fields, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.3% 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 Macquarie Fields, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macquarie Fields, 57.1% were couple families with children, 23.7% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Macquarie Fields 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macquarie Fields, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $2,061.

Employment status of couple families

In Macquarie Fields, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macquarie Fields, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Fields, 77.6% were separate houses, 19.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Macquarie Fields, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Fields, 23.4% were owned outright, 46.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Macquarie Fields, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Macquarie Fields, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Macquarie Fields, 31.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macquarie Fields, there were 1,472 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 686 (or 46.6%) were male and 786 (or 53.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Macquarie Fields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,014.

In Macquarie Fields, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,253.