Middle Park (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,058 people in Middle Park (Vic.) of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Middle Park (Vic.) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Middle Park (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Middle Park (Vic.) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Middle Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Middle Park (Vic.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Middle Park (Vic.) 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 20.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Middle Park (Vic.) were English 25.2%, Australian 21.6%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 8.4% and Greek 6.0%.

In Middle Park (Vic.), 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Greece 3.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, Italy 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Middle Park (Vic.), 53.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Middle Park (Vic.) were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 24.3%, Anglican 15.1%, Eastern Orthodox 8.2% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Middle Park (Vic.) 80.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.6%, Italian 1.9%, Spanish 0.8%, French 0.5% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Middle Park (Vic.). Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Middle Park (Vic.), 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Middle Park (Vic.) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Middle Park (Vic.) included Professionals 41.8%, Managers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Labourers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Middle Park (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 7.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5%, Hospitals 3.4% and Management and Related Consulting Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Middle Park (Vic.) was $1,067.

In Middle Park (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.3%, Tram 18.4%, Walked only 5.8%, Bicycle 4.8% and Car, as passenger 3.0%. On the day, 21.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Middle Park (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Middle Park (Vic.), 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Middle Park (Vic.), 42.6% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Middle Park (Vic.) 21.8% of single parents were male and 78.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Middle Park (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,418 and those without children was $3,174.

Employment status of couple families

In Middle Park (Vic.), of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Middle Park (Vic.), 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middle Park (Vic.), 39.1% were separate houses, 31.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Middle Park (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 11.0% had 1 bedroom, 35.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middle Park (Vic.), 37.5% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Middle Park (Vic.), of all households, 64.8% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Middle Park (Vic.), 13.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.5% 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 Middle Park (Vic.), 44.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Middle Park (Vic.), 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 48 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 Middle Park (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Middle Park (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.