Millers Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 321 people in Millers Forest of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Millers Forest was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Millers Forest aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Millers Forest was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Millers Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Millers Forest was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Millers Forest 22.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Millers Forest were Australian 39.7%, English 30.4%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 9.0% and German 3.9%.

In Millers Forest, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Northern Ireland 0.9% and Russian Federation 0.9%.

In Millers Forest, 87.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Millers Forest were Catholic 38.8%, Anglican 25.5%, No Religion 12.4%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Millers Forest 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Russian 0.9%, Serbian 0.9% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Millers Forest. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Millers Forest, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Millers Forest was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Millers Forest included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Managers 14.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Professionals 13.0%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Labourers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Millers Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 4.5%, Building Installation Services 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Specialised Food Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Millers Forest was $561.

In Millers Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 2.3%, Car, as passenger 1.7% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Millers Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Millers Forest, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Millers Forest, 45.0% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Millers Forest 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Millers Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,349 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Millers Forest, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Millers Forest, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millers Forest, 94.5% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Millers Forest, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millers Forest, 45.0% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Millers Forest, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 15.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Millers Forest, 12.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Millers Forest, 14.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Millers Forest, 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 72 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 Millers Forest, 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 Millers Forest, 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.