Lower Macdonald

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 261 people in Lower Macdonald of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Macdonald was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Lower Macdonald aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 19.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Macdonald was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Lower Macdonald, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Macdonald was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Lower Macdonald 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 16.5% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Macdonald were English 31.9%, Australian 26.0%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 6.8% and German 2.7%.

In Lower Macdonald, 68.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Italy 1.5%, Denmark 1.1% and Greece 1.1%.

In Lower Macdonald, 67.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Macdonald were Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 21.8%, Catholic 20.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Lower Macdonald 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.5%, French 1.5% and Czech 1.1%.

Employment

There were 109 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Macdonald. Of these 42.2% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Macdonald, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Macdonald was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Macdonald included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Managers 12.2%, Professionals 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Lower Macdonald, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Electrical Equipment Manufacturing 4.1%, Building Installation Services 4.1% and Building Completion Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Macdonald was $559.

In Lower Macdonald, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Bicycle 3.1%, Other 3.1% and Ferry, car as driver 3.1%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Macdonald, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Lower Macdonald, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Macdonald, 42.6% were couple families with children, 57.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Lower Macdonald 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Macdonald, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $3,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Macdonald, of couple families with children, 6.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Macdonald, 77.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Macdonald, 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 Lower Macdonald, of occupied private dwellings 9.3% had 1 bedroom, 28.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Macdonald, 34.7% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Macdonald, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 37.2% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Lower Macdonald, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Lower Macdonald, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Macdonald, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Lower Macdonald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,883.

In Lower Macdonald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,138.