Milton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,204 people in Milton of these 44.9% were male and 55.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Milton was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.9% of the population.

Of people in Milton aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Milton was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Milton, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Milton was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Milton 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.5% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Milton were Australian 30.8%, English 29.8%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 8.2% and German 2.0%.

In Milton, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.7%, United States of America 0.7% and Uruguay 0.4%.

In Milton, 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Milton were Anglican 25.0%, No Religion 19.7%, Catholic 19.0%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Milton 85.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, Croatian 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 454 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Milton. Of these 44.9% were employed full time, 42.1% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Milton, 17.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Milton was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Milton included Professionals 19.9%, Sales Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Managers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Milton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.6%, School Education 5.1%, Accommodation 4.9% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Milton was $414.

In Milton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Walked only 11.9%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.6% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Milton, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.5% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Milton, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Milton, 33.1% were couple families with children, 44.5% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Milton 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Milton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,421.

Employment status of couple families

In Milton, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Milton, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Milton, 91.5% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Milton, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Milton, 41.7% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Milton, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Milton, 36.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Milton, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Milton, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Milton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Milton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $268 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,500.