Melrose Park (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,471 people in Melrose Park (NSW) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Melrose Park (NSW) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Melrose Park (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 59.6% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Melrose Park (NSW) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Melrose Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Melrose Park (NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Melrose Park (NSW) 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Melrose Park (NSW) were Australian 22.4%, English 20.3%, Irish 9.9%, Chinese 7.9% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Melrose Park (NSW), 69.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.5% and Malaysia 1.3%.

In Melrose Park (NSW), 47.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Melrose Park (NSW) were Catholic 38.7%, No Religion 14.7%, Anglican 14.3%, Eastern Orthodox 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Melrose Park (NSW) 71.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 5.4%, Korean 2.6%, Italian 1.9%, Armenian 1.6% and Arabic 1.6%.

Employment

There were 752 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Melrose Park (NSW). Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Melrose Park (NSW), 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Melrose Park (NSW) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Melrose Park (NSW) included Professionals 28.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Managers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Labourers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Melrose Park (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 5.0%, School Education 4.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Hospitals 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Melrose Park (NSW) was $729.

In Melrose Park (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Train 8.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 2.5% and Train, bus 2.5%. On the day, 16.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Melrose Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Melrose Park (NSW), 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Melrose Park (NSW), 57.8% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Melrose Park (NSW) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Melrose Park (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,712 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Melrose Park (NSW), of couple families with children, 26.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Melrose Park (NSW), 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melrose Park (NSW), 95.5% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Melrose Park (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melrose Park (NSW), 38.1% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Melrose Park (NSW), of all households, 81.0% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Melrose Park (NSW), 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% 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 Melrose Park (NSW), 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Melrose Park (NSW), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Melrose Park (NSW), 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 $1,750.

In Melrose Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,000.