McKenzie Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 250 people in McKenzie Hill of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in McKenzie Hill was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in McKenzie Hill aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in McKenzie Hill was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In McKenzie Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in McKenzie Hill was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In McKenzie Hill 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in McKenzie Hill were English 36.1%, Australian 31.6%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 7.5% and Italian 3.9%.

In McKenzie Hill, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Germany 1.6%, United States of America 1.6%, New Zealand 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In McKenzie Hill, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in McKenzie Hill were No Religion 32.0%, Uniting Church 15.8%, Anglican 10.7%, Catholic 10.7% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In McKenzie Hill 96.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 125 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in McKenzie Hill. Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in McKenzie Hill, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in McKenzie Hill was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in McKenzie Hill included Managers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Professionals 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in McKenzie Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.2%, School Education 6.7%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.0%, Other Livestock Farming 3.3% and Road Freight Transport 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in McKenzie Hill was $492.

In McKenzie Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Walked only 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 3.4% and Train 2.6%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In McKenzie Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.0% 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 McKenzie Hill, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in McKenzie Hill, 40.0% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In McKenzie Hill 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In McKenzie Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,541.

Employment status of couple families

In McKenzie Hill, of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In McKenzie Hill, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in McKenzie Hill, 94.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In McKenzie Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in McKenzie Hill, 50.0% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In McKenzie Hill, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 19.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In McKenzie Hill, 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 McKenzie Hill, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In McKenzie Hill, 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 McKenzie Hill, 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 McKenzie Hill, 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.