Mount Macedon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,321 people in Mount Macedon of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Macedon was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Macedon aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Macedon was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Macedon, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Macedon was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mount Macedon 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Macedon were English 29.1%, Australian 24.4%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.0%.

In Mount Macedon, 74.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.7%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, Italy 0.8% and Poland 0.7%.

In Mount Macedon, 57.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Macedon were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 18.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Mount Macedon 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, German 0.8%, Polish 0.8%, Swedish 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 685 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Macedon. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Macedon, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Macedon was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Macedon included Professionals 33.1%, Managers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Macedon, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%, Allied Health Services 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Macedon was $717.

In Mount Macedon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Train 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 2.9% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Macedon, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Mount Macedon, 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Macedon, 43.5% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Macedon 28.2% of single parents were male and 71.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Macedon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,710 and those without children was $2,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Macedon, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Macedon, 77.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Macedon, 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 Mount Macedon, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Macedon, 42.9% were owned outright, 45.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Macedon, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 15.5% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Mount Macedon, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.9% 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 Mount Macedon, 20.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Macedon, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Mount Macedon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mount Macedon, 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.