Madora Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,721 people in Madora Bay of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Madora Bay was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Madora Bay aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Madora Bay was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Madora Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Madora Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Madora Bay 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Madora Bay were English 32.9%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.4% and Italian 2.4%.

In Madora Bay, 64.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 2.2%, South Africa 1.5% and Ireland 1.0%.

In Madora Bay, 48.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Madora Bay were Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 21.1%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Baptist 3.1%.

In Madora Bay 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.3%, French 0.3% and Indonesian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 835 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Madora Bay. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Madora Bay, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Madora Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Madora Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Professionals 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Managers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Madora Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.1%, Metal Ore Mining 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Madora Bay was $660.

In Madora Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Bus 2.2%, Train 2.1% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Madora Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Madora Bay, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Madora Bay, 43.8% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Madora Bay 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Madora Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,619 and those without children was $2,421.

Employment status of couple families

In Madora Bay, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Madora Bay, 75.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Madora Bay, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Madora Bay, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 27.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Madora Bay, 28.3% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Madora Bay, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Madora Bay, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.5% 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 Madora Bay, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Madora Bay, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Madora Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,862.

In Madora Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.