Midway Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,598 people in Midway Point of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Midway Point was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Midway Point aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Midway Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Midway Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Midway Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Midway Point 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Midway Point were Australian 36.5%, English 33.7%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.3%.

In Midway Point, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.6% and United States of America 0.4%.

In Midway Point, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Midway Point were Anglican 29.4%, No Religion 28.4%, Catholic 20.0%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Midway Point 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, Tagalog 0.2%, Finnish 0.2% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,315 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Midway Point. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Midway Point, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Midway Point was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Midway Point included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.4%, Managers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Midway Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 4.6%, School Education 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Midway Point was $583.

In Midway Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bus 1.3%, Truck 0.7% and Walked only 0.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Midway Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Midway Point, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Midway Point, 37.8% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Midway Point 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Midway Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,792 and those without children was $1,918.

Employment status of couple families

In Midway Point, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Midway Point, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Midway Point, 93.3% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Midway Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 59.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Midway Point, 29.1% were owned outright, 45.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Midway Point, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Midway Point, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Midway Point, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Midway Point, there were 98 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 40.8%) were male and 58 (or 59.2%) 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 Midway Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,020.

In Midway Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.