Margate-Woody Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,886 people in Margate-Woody Point of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Margate-Woody Point was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Margate-Woody Point aged 15 years and over, 40.0% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Margate-Woody Point was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Margate-Woody Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Margate-Woody Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Margate-Woody Point 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Margate-Woody Point were English 31.3%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.3%.

In Margate-Woody Point, 71.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 6.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Margate-Woody Point, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Margate-Woody Point were No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Margate-Woody Point 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, French 0.4%, Russian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 5,010 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Margate-Woody Point. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Margate-Woody Point, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Margate-Woody Point was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Margate-Woody Point included Professionals 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Margate-Woody Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Margate-Woody Point was $516.

In Margate-Woody Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Train, car as driver 2.5%, Walked only 2.4% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 8.3% 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 Margate-Woody Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Margate-Woody Point, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Margate-Woody Point, 32.2% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 22.7% were one parent families.

In Margate-Woody Point 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Margate-Woody Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,146 and those without children was $2,039.

Employment status of couple families

In Margate-Woody Point, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Margate-Woody Point, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Margate-Woody Point, 67.1% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Margate-Woody Point, of occupied private dwellings 7.1% had 1 bedroom, 30.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Margate-Woody Point, 25.9% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 46.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Margate-Woody Point, of all households, 58.1% were family households, 37.7% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Margate-Woody Point, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Margate-Woody Point, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Margate-Woody Point, there were 295 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 156 (or 52.9%) were male and 139 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Margate-Woody Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $974.

In Margate-Woody Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,772.