McMahons Point

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,096 people were counted in McMahons Point: of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point there were 155 children aged 0-14 years and 480 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 1,504 people were Australian citizens, 643 were born overseas and 121 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 37.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.1% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 44.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 55.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within McMahons Point were England 9.5%, New Zealand 4.6%, United States of America 1.8%, South Africa 1.0% and India 0.9%.

Of all people counted in McMahons Point on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 21.8%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 1.0%, French 0.7%, Japanese 0.6%, German 0.5% and Greek 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 78.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,375 people aged 15 years and over in McMahons Point were in the labour force. Of these 73.0% worked full-time, 21.2% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.2% were unemployed. 359 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 29.2%, Managers and Administrators 12.6%, Associate Professionals 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 0.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in McMahons Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 19.8%, Health Services 4.3%, Education 3.9%, Finance 3.3% and Services to Finance and Insurance 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 503 families were counted: of these, 66.6% were couple families without children, 23.7% were couple families with children, 8.2% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 1,193 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in McMahons Point, 10.7% were separate houses, 17.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 70.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 9.7% were being purchased and 49.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in McMahons Point, 41.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 33.2% were single (or lone) person households and 5.9% were group households.