Macquarie Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,073 people in Macquarie Hills of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Macquarie Hills was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Macquarie Hills aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macquarie Hills was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Macquarie Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macquarie Hills was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Macquarie Hills 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macquarie Hills were Australian 34.4%, English 29.9%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 7.6% and German 2.9%.

In Macquarie Hills, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.7%, South Africa 0.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Macquarie Hills, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macquarie Hills were Catholic 28.5%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 18.2%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Macquarie Hills 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.4%, French 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Macedonian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,727 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macquarie Hills. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macquarie Hills, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macquarie Hills was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Macquarie Hills included Professionals 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Labourers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Macquarie Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Building Installation Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macquarie Hills was $707.

In Macquarie Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.5%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 1.1%, Motorbike/scooter 1.0% and Walked only 0.9%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macquarie Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Macquarie Hills, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macquarie Hills, 52.4% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Macquarie Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,321 and those without children was $2,149.

Employment status of couple families

In Macquarie Hills, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 27.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macquarie Hills, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Hills, 97.4% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Macquarie Hills, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Hills, 29.1% were owned outright, 56.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Macquarie Hills, of all households, 85.5% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Macquarie Hills, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Hills, 22.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macquarie Hills, there were 76 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 46.1%) were male and 41 (or 53.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,770.

In Macquarie Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.