Melton West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,171 people in Melton West of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Melton West was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Melton West aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Melton West was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Melton West, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Melton West was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Melton West 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Melton West were Australian 27.2%, English 25.2%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.8% and Maltese 4.2%.

In Melton West, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.3%, Malta 1.3%, India 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Melton West, 54.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Melton West were Catholic 32.7%, No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Eastern Orthodox 2.4%.

In Melton West 80.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 1.2%, Spanish 0.9%, Arabic 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Samoan 0.7%.

Employment

There were 7,124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Melton West. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 24.9% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Melton West, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Melton West was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Melton West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.5% and Managers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Melton West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.2%, School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Melton West was $611.

In Melton West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Train 3.7%, Train, car as driver 1.3% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Melton West, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Melton West, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Melton West, 49.2% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Melton West 12.8% of single parents were male and 87.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Melton West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,078 and those without children was $1,967.

Employment status of couple families

In Melton West, of couple families with children, 25.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Melton West, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melton West, 95.6% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Melton West, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melton West, 20.3% were owned outright, 54.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Melton West, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 16.6% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Melton West, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Melton West, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Melton West, there were 150 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 73 (or 48.7%) were male and 77 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Melton West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Melton West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.