Macdonald Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 455 people in Macdonald Park of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Macdonald Park was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Macdonald Park aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macdonald Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Macdonald Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macdonald Park was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Macdonald Park 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macdonald Park were English 33.1%, Australian 25.0%, German 6.2%, Italian 6.0% and Irish 3.6%.

In Macdonald Park, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.6%, Italy 3.1%, Vietnam 2.4%, Greece 2.0% and Germany 1.3%.

In Macdonald Park, 49.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macdonald Park were No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Buddhism 4.8%.

In Macdonald Park 80.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 4.2%, Italian 3.3%, Gujarati 1.5%, Greek 1.3% and Lao 1.3%.

Employment

There were 237 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macdonald Park. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macdonald Park, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macdonald Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Macdonald Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Labourers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Professionals 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Macdonald Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macdonald Park was $469.

In Macdonald Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Truck 6.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 2.3% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macdonald Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 Macdonald Park, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macdonald Park, 42.2% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Macdonald Park 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macdonald Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,349 and those without children was $1,481.

Employment status of couple families

In Macdonald Park, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% 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 Macdonald Park, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macdonald Park, 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 Macdonald Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macdonald Park, 40.7% were owned outright, 50.7% were owned with a mortgage and 6.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Macdonald Park, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Macdonald Park, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Macdonald Park, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macdonald Park, 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 33 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 Macdonald Park, 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 $700.

In Macdonald Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.