Myers Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 400 people in Myers Flat of these 56.8% were male and 43.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Myers Flat was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Myers Flat aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Myers Flat was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Myers Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Myers Flat was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Myers Flat 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Myers Flat were English 34.6%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 11.6%, Irish 10.5% and German 2.6%.

In Myers Flat, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Germany 0.7%, India 0.7%, Ireland 0.7% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Myers Flat, 85.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Myers Flat were No Religion 37.6%, Catholic 18.2%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Myers Flat 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Finnish 1.0%, Thai 1.0%, German 0.7%, Japanese 0.7% and Tibetan 0.7%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Myers Flat. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Myers Flat, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Myers Flat was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Myers Flat included Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Managers 12.6%, Labourers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Myers Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.4%, Other Construction Services 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, School Education 5.3% and Residential Care Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Myers Flat was $480.

In Myers Flat, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 2.6% and Taxi 1.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Myers Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Myers Flat, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Myers Flat, 41.9% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Myers Flat 47.4% of single parents were male and 52.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Myers Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Myers Flat, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Myers Flat, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myers Flat, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Myers Flat, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myers Flat, 49.7% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Myers Flat, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Myers Flat, 27.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Myers Flat, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Myers Flat, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 64 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 Myers Flat, 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 Myers Flat, 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.