Melton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 47,671 people in Melton of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Melton was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Melton aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Melton was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Melton, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Melton was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Melton 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Melton were Australian 26.5%, English 25.5%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 5.9% and Maltese 4.4%.

In Melton, 73.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Malta 1.4%, India 1.0% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Melton, 54.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Melton were Catholic 31.8%, No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.6%.

In Melton 80.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 1.5%, Italian 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Arabic 0.8% and Greek 0.7%.

Employment

There were 23,103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Melton. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 25.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Melton, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Melton was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Melton included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Labourers 11.0%, Professionals 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Managers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Melton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Melton was $549.

In Melton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 4.2%, Truck 1.2% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Melton, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% 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, 11.0% 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 Melton, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Melton, 44.9% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Melton 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Melton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,026 and those without children was $1,865.

Employment status of couple families

In Melton, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Melton, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melton, 91.1% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Melton, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melton, 25.0% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Melton, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Melton, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Melton, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Melton, there were 514 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 243 (or 47.3%) were male and 271 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Melton, 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 $991.

In Melton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,307.