Mackenzie River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 426 people in Mackenzie River of these 56.8% were male and 43.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mackenzie River was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Mackenzie River aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mackenzie River was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mackenzie River, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mackenzie River was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Mackenzie River 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.0% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mackenzie River were Australian 38.6%, English 24.0%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 8.5% and German 2.4%.

In Mackenzie River, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 0.9%, India 0.7% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Mackenzie River, 89.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mackenzie River were Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 22.7%, Uniting Church 13.1%, No Religion 12.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Mackenzie River 82.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Irish 0.7% and Bengali 0.7%.

Employment

There were 240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mackenzie River. Of these 79.2% were employed full time, 12.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mackenzie River, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 76.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mackenzie River was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mackenzie River were Managers 47.7%, Labourers 18.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Professionals 4.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Mackenzie River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 56.5%, Coal Mining 9.2%, School Education 2.5%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 1.7% and Other Crop Growing 1.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mackenzie River was $789.

In Mackenzie River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.1%, Walked only 8.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Other 4.3% and Truck 2.6%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mackenzie River, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Mackenzie River, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mackenzie River, 55.3% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 3.5% were one parent families.

In Mackenzie River 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mackenzie River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,636 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Mackenzie River, of couple families with children, 43.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mackenzie River, 75.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mackenzie River, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Mackenzie River, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 32.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mackenzie River, 37.8% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 35.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mackenzie River, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mackenzie River, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.8% 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 Mackenzie River, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 55.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mackenzie River, 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 0 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 Mackenzie River, 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 Mackenzie River, 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.