Myall Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 67,790 people in Myall Lakes of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Myall Lakes was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.6% of the population.

Of people in Myall Lakes aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Myall Lakes was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Myall Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Myall Lakes was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Myall Lakes 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Myall Lakes were Australian 33.8%, English 33.4%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.8%.

In Myall Lakes, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Myall Lakes, 78.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Myall Lakes were Anglican 32.7%, Catholic 20.8%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Myall Lakes 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 25,469 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Myall Lakes. Of these 49.4% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Myall Lakes, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Myall Lakes was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Myall Lakes included Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Labourers 13.7%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Myall Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Myall Lakes was $397.

In Myall Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 4.2%, Truck 1.9% and Bicycle 0.7%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Myall Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Myall Lakes, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Myall Lakes, 31.5% were couple families with children, 49.1% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Myall Lakes 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Myall Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,739 and those without children was $1,529.

Employment status of couple families

In Myall Lakes, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Myall Lakes, 81.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myall Lakes, 79.5% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Myall Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myall Lakes, 43.4% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 27.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Myall Lakes, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Myall Lakes, 38.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Myall Lakes, 42.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Myall Lakes, there were 3,356 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,656 (or 49.3%) were male and 1,700 (or 50.7%) 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 Myall Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $716.

In Myall Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,395.