Macquarie Links

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,093 people in Macquarie Links of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Macquarie Links was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Macquarie Links aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 6.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macquarie Links was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Macquarie Links, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macquarie Links was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Macquarie Links 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macquarie Links were Australian 21.6%, English 14.3%, Filipino 9.3%, Indian 5.2% and Chinese 4.2%.

In Macquarie Links, 62.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 8.1%, India 3.4%, England 2.5%, Bangladesh 2.0% and Fiji 1.8%.

In Macquarie Links, 36.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macquarie Links were Catholic 46.7%, Anglican 15.7%, Islam 7.0%, No Religion 6.0% and Hinduism 4.4%.

In Macquarie Links 61.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 5.2%, Hindi 3.4%, Arabic 3.1%, Bengali 3.0% and Cantonese 2.4%.

Employment

There were 641 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macquarie Links. Of these 70.0% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macquarie Links, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macquarie Links was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Macquarie Links included Clerical and Administrative Workers 23.0%, Professionals 22.3%, Managers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7% and Labourers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Macquarie Links, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macquarie Links was $904.

In Macquarie Links, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Train 10.3%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Train, car as driver 2.9% and Train, bus 2.3%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macquarie Links, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Macquarie Links, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macquarie Links, 69.0% were couple families with children, 23.5% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Macquarie Links 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macquarie Links, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,100 and those without children was $3,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Macquarie Links, of couple families with children, 38.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macquarie Links, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Links, 84.8% were separate houses, 11.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Macquarie Links, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 15.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Links, 24.2% were owned outright, 64.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Macquarie Links, of all households, 92.2% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Macquarie Links, 6.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 41.5% 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 Macquarie Links, 16.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macquarie Links, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 55 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 Macquarie Links, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Macquarie Links, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.