Metcalfe

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 330 people in Metcalfe of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Metcalfe was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.3% of the population.

Of people in Metcalfe aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Metcalfe was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Metcalfe, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Metcalfe was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Metcalfe 20.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Metcalfe were Australian 33.0%, English 30.6%, Scottish 13.2%, Irish 9.6% and German 3.6%.

In Metcalfe, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Croatia 1.2%, France 1.2%, Germany 1.2% and Indonesia 0.9%.

In Metcalfe, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Metcalfe were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Metcalfe 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 2.1%, Greek 1.2%, Indonesian 1.2%, French 0.9% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Metcalfe. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Metcalfe, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Metcalfe included Managers 24.4%, Professionals 24.4%, Labourers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Metcalfe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.3%, Allied Health Services 4.7%, School Education 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Metcalfe was $500.

In Metcalfe, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Walked only 4.1%, Train 3.5% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Metcalfe, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.6% 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 Metcalfe, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Metcalfe, 39.1% were couple families with children, 54.3% were couple families without children and 3.3% were one parent families.

In Metcalfe 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Metcalfe, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,928 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Metcalfe, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Metcalfe, 72.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Metcalfe, 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 Metcalfe, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Metcalfe, 52.2% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Metcalfe, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Metcalfe, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Metcalfe, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Metcalfe, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Metcalfe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Metcalfe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.