Melton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 32,007 people were counted in Melton: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton there were 7,995 children aged 0-14 years and 4,052 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 28,702 people were Australian citizens, 5,497 were born overseas and 64 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 50.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.9% were separated or divorced, 3.8% were widowed and 33.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 77.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Melton were England 4.9%, Malta 1.3%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Melton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.3%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 1.2%, Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.7%, Spanish 0.6% and Polish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 15,695 people aged 15 years and over in Melton were in the labour force. Of these 60.8% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.4% were unemployed. 7,522 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Professionals 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Melton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Education 3.4% and Construction Trade Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 8,665 families were counted: of these, 23.4% were couple families without children, 55.2% were couple families with children, 20.3% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 10,644 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Melton, 92.7% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.9% were being purchased and 16.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Melton, 80.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.