Mystic Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 183 people in Mystic Park of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mystic Park was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Mystic Park aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mystic Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Mystic Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mystic Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Mystic Park 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.9% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mystic Park were Australian 34.3%, English 33.9%, Irish 13.0%, Scottish 6.5% and German 3.0%.

In Mystic Park, 91.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.2% and Malta 1.6%.

In Mystic Park, 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mystic Park were Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 22.2%, Catholic 17.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 13.0% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Mystic Park 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.6%, Italian 1.6% and Maltese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 74 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mystic Park. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mystic Park, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mystic Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Mystic Park included Managers 16.4%, Labourers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Professionals 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Mystic Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.6%, Beverage Manufacturing 7.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 7.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.1% and Poultry Farming 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mystic Park was $411.

In Mystic Park, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4% and Truck 4.4%. 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 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mystic Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 44.1% 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 Mystic Park, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mystic Park, 52.1% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Mystic Park 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mystic Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Mystic Park, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mystic Park, 62.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mystic Park, 90.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.2% were other dwellings.

In Mystic Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mystic Park, 47.7% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mystic Park, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mystic Park, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Mystic Park, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mystic Park, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 10 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Mystic Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Mystic Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $138 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,275.