Mid-Western Regional (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 22,318 people in Mid-Western Regional (A) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mid-Western Regional (A) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Mid-Western Regional (A) aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mid-Western Regional (A) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% 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 Mid-Western Regional (A) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mid-Western Regional (A) 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mid-Western Regional (A) were Australian 34.0%, English 32.5%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.2%.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.4%, Netherlands 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), 80.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mid-Western Regional (A) were Anglican 32.8%, Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 15.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Mid-Western Regional (A) 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Spanish 0.2%, Greek 0.1% and Dutch 0.1%.

Employment

There were 9,930 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mid-Western Regional (A). Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mid-Western Regional (A), 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mid-Western Regional (A) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mid-Western Regional (A) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Managers 15.8%, Professionals 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Labourers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Mid-Western Regional (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 12.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.9%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mid-Western Regional (A) was $449.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), 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 6.9%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 2.1% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mid-Western Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Mid-Western Regional (A), 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mid-Western Regional (A), 40.3% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Mid-Western Regional (A) 20.2% of single parents were male and 79.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mid-Western Regional (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,090 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Mid-Western Regional (A), of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mid-Western Regional (A), 81.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mid-Western Regional (A), 91.1% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mid-Western Regional (A), 40.5% were owned outright, 29.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mid-Western Regional (A), of all households, 70.2% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), 32.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Mid-Western Regional (A), 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mid-Western Regional (A), there were 870 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 450 (or 51.7%) were male and 420 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Mid-Western Regional (A), 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 $1,037.

In Mid-Western Regional (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,616.