Medlow Bath

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 538 people in Medlow Bath of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Medlow Bath was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Medlow Bath aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Medlow Bath was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Medlow Bath, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Medlow Bath was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Medlow Bath 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 28.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Medlow Bath were English 31.9%, Australian 23.0%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.5% and German 2.9%.

In Medlow Bath, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 1.5%, Poland 1.3%, Canada 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Medlow Bath, 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Medlow Bath were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 14.8%, Baptist 3.7% and Buddhism 3.3%.

In Medlow Bath 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.7%, Polish 0.7%, German 0.6%, French 0.6% and Greek 0.6%.

Employment

There were 262 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Medlow Bath. Of these 47.7% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Medlow Bath, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Medlow Bath was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Medlow Bath included Professionals 29.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2% and Labourers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Medlow Bath, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Central Government Administration 3.8% and Hospitals 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Medlow Bath was $540.

In Medlow Bath, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Train 6.2%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 1.7% and Taxi 1.2%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Medlow Bath, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 15.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Medlow Bath, 32.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Medlow Bath, 36.9% were couple families with children, 44.7% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Medlow Bath 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Medlow Bath, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,318 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Medlow Bath, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Medlow Bath, 70.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Medlow Bath, 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 Medlow Bath, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% 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 Medlow Bath, 38.1% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Medlow Bath, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Medlow Bath, 26.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Medlow Bath, 44.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Medlow Bath, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Medlow Bath, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Medlow Bath, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.