Margaret River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,314 people in Margaret River of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Margaret River was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Margaret River aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Margaret River was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Margaret River, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Margaret River was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Margaret River 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Margaret River were English 31.5%, Australian 27.8%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.7%.

In Margaret River, 71.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 3.4%, Philippines 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Margaret River, 53.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Margaret River were No Religion 40.1%, Catholic 16.9%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Margaret River 84.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Mandarin 0.7%, Tagalog 0.5%, Portuguese 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,716 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Margaret River. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Margaret River, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Margaret River was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Margaret River included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Labourers 15.9%, Professionals 13.7%, Managers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Margaret River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 9.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Accommodation 5.6%, School Education 5.6% and Building Completion Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Margaret River was $628.

In Margaret River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 5.9%, Other 1.5% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Margaret River, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Margaret River, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Margaret River, 45.7% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Margaret River 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Margaret River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,847 and those without children was $1,745.

Employment status of couple families

In Margaret River, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Margaret River, 82.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Margaret River, 90.2% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Margaret River, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Margaret River, 20.7% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Margaret River, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Margaret River, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Margaret River, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Margaret River, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 56.5%) were male and 27 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Margaret River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Margaret River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $278 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,800.