Meadow Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 354 people in Meadow Flat of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Meadow Flat was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Meadow Flat aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Meadow Flat was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Meadow Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Meadow Flat was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Meadow Flat 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.8% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Meadow Flat were Australian 32.1%, English 28.9%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 7.3% and German 2.2%.

In Meadow Flat, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Czech Republic 0.8%, France 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Poland 0.8%.

In Meadow Flat, 83.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Meadow Flat were Catholic 30.2%, Anglican 21.5%, No Religion 16.4%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Meadow Flat 86.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Czech 1.1% and Polish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Meadow Flat. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 40.6% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Meadow Flat, 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Meadow Flat was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Meadow Flat included Managers 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 5.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Meadow Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.2%, School Education 8.1%, Coal Mining 7.0%, Electricity Generation 4.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Meadow Flat was $618.

In Meadow Flat, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 3.5% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Meadow Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Meadow Flat, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Meadow Flat, 42.9% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Meadow Flat 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Meadow Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Meadow Flat, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 30.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Meadow Flat, 81.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meadow Flat, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Meadow Flat, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meadow Flat, 48.3% were owned outright, 33.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Meadow Flat, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Meadow Flat, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Meadow Flat, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Meadow Flat, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Meadow Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Meadow Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,571.