Milsons Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,013 people in Milsons Point of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Milsons Point was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Milsons Point aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Milsons Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Milsons Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Milsons Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Milsons Point 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.5% were in primary school, 7.1% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Milsons Point were English 20.4%, Chinese 14.5%, Australian 12.3%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Milsons Point, 37.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 4.0%, New Zealand 3.6% and Japan 3.1%.

In Milsons Point, 27.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Milsons Point were No Religion 28.1%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 13.2%, Buddhism 4.5% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Milsons Point 55.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.3%, Mandarin 5.7%, Japanese 3.3%, Korean 1.7% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Milsons Point. Of these 74.8% were employed full time, 17.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Milsons Point, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Milsons Point was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Milsons Point included Professionals 43.7%, Managers 26.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2%, Labourers 0.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.3%.

Of the employed people in Milsons Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 6.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.4%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 5.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Milsons Point was $1,387.

In Milsons Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Train 36.7%, Car, as driver 25.3%, Walked only 16.6%, Ferry 1.9% and Car, as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 43.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Milsons Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.3% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Milsons Point, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Milsons Point, 25.2% were couple families with children, 64.8% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Milsons Point 32.6% of single parents were male and 67.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Milsons Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,833 and those without children was $3,435.

Employment status of couple families

In Milsons Point, of couple families with children, 31.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Milsons Point, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Milsons Point, 1.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 98.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Milsons Point, of occupied private dwellings 29.3% had 1 bedroom, 33.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Milsons Point, 25.7% were owned outright, 19.2% were owned with a mortgage and 53.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Milsons Point, of all households, 61.8% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Milsons Point, 9.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.5% 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 Milsons Point, 52.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Milsons Point, 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 0 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 Milsons Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Milsons Point, 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.