Millers Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,736 people in Millers Point of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Millers Point was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Millers Point aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Millers Point was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Millers Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Millers Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Millers Point 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.7% were in primary school, 5.1% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Millers Point were English 20.2%, Australian 14.9%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.6% and Chinese 4.9%.

In Millers Point, 43.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.8%, United States of America 2.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7% and India 1.6%.

In Millers Point, 36.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Millers Point were Catholic 22.2%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 13.7%, Buddhism 3.1% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Millers Point 59.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Japanese 1.6%, Spanish 1.3% and Hindi 1.3%.

Employment

There were 867 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Millers Point. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Millers Point, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Millers Point was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Millers Point included Professionals 42.2%, Managers 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.3%, Labourers 1.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.7%.

Of the employed people in Millers Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 8.3%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 7.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 7.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.9% and Real Estate Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Millers Point was $1,097.

In Millers Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.8%, Car, as driver 19.5%, Train 7.6%, Bus 5.6% and Car, as passenger 2.9%. 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 22.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Millers Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.5% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Point, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Millers Point, 16.8% were couple families with children, 65.7% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Millers Point 4.9% of single parents were male and 95.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Millers Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,062 and those without children was $3,652.

Employment status of couple families

In Millers Point, of couple families with children, 31.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 12.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Millers Point, 77.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millers Point, 13.1% were separate houses, 11.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 75.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Millers Point, of occupied private dwellings 29.2% had 1 bedroom, 40.6% had 2 bedrooms and 22.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millers Point, 18.0% were owned outright, 16.0% were owned with a mortgage and 62.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Millers Point, of all households, 52.6% were family households, 43.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Millers Point, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.2% 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 Point, 45.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Millers Point, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 22.6%) were male and 24 (or 77.4%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,025.

In Millers Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $222 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.