Macquarie Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,143 people in Macquarie Park of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Macquarie Park was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Macquarie Park aged 15 years and over, 32.2% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macquarie Park was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Macquarie Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macquarie Park was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Macquarie Park 40.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.8% were in primary school, 4.8% in secondary school and 63.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macquarie Park were Chinese 19.6%, English 14.5%, Australian 12.2%, Indian 5.3% and Irish 4.9%.

In Macquarie Park, 36.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 13.3%, India 5.5%, Malaysia 3.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.0% and Philippines 2.6%.

In Macquarie Park, 22.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 69.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macquarie Park were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 16.8%, Anglican 9.0%, Buddhism 5.8% and Islam 5.0%.

In Macquarie Park 43.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.4%, Cantonese 6.2%, Korean 2.7%, Hindi 2.1% and Indonesian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 3,185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macquarie Park. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macquarie Park, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macquarie Park was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The most common occupations in Macquarie Park included Professionals 40.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Macquarie Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 6.4%, Tertiary Education 5.7%, Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 4.5%, Telecommunications Services 4.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macquarie Park was $552.

In Macquarie Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.4%, Walked only 16.1%, Bus 11.4%, Train 11.2% and Car, as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 27.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macquarie Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.1% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Park, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macquarie Park, 32.3% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Macquarie Park 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macquarie Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,359 and those without children was $2,391.

Employment status of couple families

In Macquarie Park, of couple families with children, 32.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 11.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macquarie Park, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Park, 0.3% were separate houses, 21.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 77.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Macquarie Park, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 64.6% had 2 bedrooms and 15.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Park, 15.4% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 63.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Macquarie Park, of all households, 49.3% were family households, 39.4% were single person households and 11.3% were group households.

In Macquarie Park, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Macquarie Park, 55.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macquarie Park, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 45.0%) were male and 11 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Macquarie Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $149 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.