Macedon Ranges (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 41,860 people in Macedon Ranges (S) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Macedon Ranges (S) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Macedon Ranges (S) aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macedon Ranges (S) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Macedon Ranges (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macedon Ranges (S) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Macedon Ranges (S) 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macedon Ranges (S) were Australian 29.9%, English 29.8%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.4%.

In Macedon Ranges (S), 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and Italy 0.6%.

In Macedon Ranges (S), 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macedon Ranges (S) were No Religion 28.7%, Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Macedon Ranges (S) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, German 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, Maltese 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 21,436 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macedon Ranges (S). Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macedon Ranges (S), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macedon Ranges (S) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Macedon Ranges (S) included Professionals 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Macedon Ranges (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macedon Ranges (S) was $593.

In Macedon Ranges (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 3.7%, Walked only 2.4% and Train, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macedon Ranges (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Macedon Ranges (S), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macedon Ranges (S), 49.3% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Macedon Ranges (S) 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macedon Ranges (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,273 and those without children was $2,034.

Employment status of couple families

In Macedon Ranges (S), of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macedon Ranges (S), 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macedon Ranges (S), 95.3% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Macedon Ranges (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% 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 Macedon Ranges (S), 36.7% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Macedon Ranges (S), of all households, 78.2% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Macedon Ranges (S), 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Macedon Ranges (S), 25.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macedon Ranges (S), there were 195 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 98 (or 50.3%) were male and 97 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Macedon Ranges (S), 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 $1,375.

In Macedon Ranges (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $238 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,084.