Macalister

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 463 people in Macalister of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Macalister was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Macalister aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macalister was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Macalister, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Macalister was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Macalister 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 8.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macalister were English 33.1%, Australian 28.3%, German 12.2%, Irish 9.8% and Scottish 7.5%.

In Macalister, 90.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.7%, England 1.3%, South Africa 1.3%, Ireland 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Macalister, 87.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macalister were Catholic 26.3%, Anglican 17.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.2%, Christian, nfd 8.2% and Lutheran 6.9%.

In Macalister 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 1.7%, Bisaya 0.9% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 252 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macalister. Of these 77.0% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macalister, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macalister was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Macalister included Managers 43.8%, Labourers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Professionals 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0% and Sales Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Macalister, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.1%, Other Crop Growing 15.3%, Other Livestock Farming 4.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.8% and School Education 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macalister was $625.

In Macalister, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 9.9%, Other 3.2%, Bus 1.2% and Car, as passenger 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macalister, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.3% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.1% 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 Macalister, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macalister, 51.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Macalister 66.7% of single parents were male and 33.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macalister, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Macalister, of couple families with children, 36.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macalister, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macalister, 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 Macalister, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macalister, 24.2% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Macalister, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Macalister, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Macalister, 15.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macalister, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Macalister, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Macalister, 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.