Miles End

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 332 people in Miles End of these 61.1% were male and 38.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Miles End was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Miles End aged 15 years and over, 41.3% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Miles End was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Miles End, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Miles End was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Miles End 37.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.6% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Miles End were Australian 30.3%, English 18.6%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 5.7% and Australian Aboriginal 2.8%.

In Miles End, 61.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 3.6%, New Zealand 2.4%, England 2.1%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.9% and Finland 0.9%.

In Miles End, 72.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Miles End were Catholic 19.5%, No Religion 18.0%, Anglican 16.2%, Christian, nfd 5.1% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Miles End 67.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 1.8%, Filipino 1.5%, Burmese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2% and Warlpiri 0.9%.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Miles End. Of these 70.2% were employed full time, 10.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Miles End, 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Miles End was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Miles End included Machinery Operators And Drivers 28.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 27.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.9%, Professionals 7.2%, Managers 3.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Miles End, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 34.2%, School Education 3.3%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts Wholesaling 2.6% and Road Passenger Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Miles End was $935.

In Miles End, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Car, as passenger 10.5%, Bicycle 4.6%, Walked only 3.9% and Taxi 2.6%. 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 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Miles End, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 3.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Miles End, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Miles End, 50.7% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Miles End 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Miles End, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $2,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Miles End, of couple families with children, 31.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Miles End, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miles End, 93.4% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Miles End, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miles End, 23.3% were owned outright, 41.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Miles End, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Miles End, 8.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.9% 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 Miles End, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Miles End, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 60.5%) were male and 17 (or 39.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Miles End, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,343.

In Miles End, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $480 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $10.