Magra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 827 people in Magra of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Magra was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Magra aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Magra was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Magra, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Magra was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Magra 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Magra were Australian 42.0%, English 38.2%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 4.3% and Dutch 1.5%.

In Magra, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 0.8%, Austria 0.4%, Chile 0.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Magra, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Magra were Anglican 37.3%, No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 21.4%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In Magra 97.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.6%, Spanish 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 397 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Magra. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Magra, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Magra was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Magra included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Labourers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Managers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.1% and Professionals 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Magra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Magra was $460.

In Magra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 2.1%, Truck 1.9% and Taxi 0.8%. 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 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Magra, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Magra, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Magra, 50.8% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Magra 32.1% of single parents were male and 67.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Magra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,732 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Magra, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Magra, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Magra, 96.6% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Magra, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 59.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Magra, 35.6% were owned outright, 51.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Magra, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Magra, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Magra, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Magra, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 42.9%) were male and 16 (or 57.1%) 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 Magra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In Magra, 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.