Macleay Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,572 people in Macleay Island of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Macleay Island was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.2% of the population.

Of people in Macleay Island aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 24.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Macleay Island was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Macleay Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% 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 Macleay Island was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Macleay Island 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Macleay Island were English 31.0%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 9.2% and German 5.4%.

In Macleay Island, 68.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.1%, New Zealand 6.7%, Germany 1.4%, Scotland 1.2% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Macleay Island, 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Macleay Island were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 21.0%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Macleay Island 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, Auslan 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 719 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Macleay Island. Of these 39.6% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 15.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Macleay Island, 16.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Macleay Island was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Macleay Island included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Labourers 14.5%, Professionals 14.4%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Macleay Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.9%, School Education 4.9%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Macleay Island was $343.

In Macleay Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.1%, Ferry, car as driver 17.4%, Walked only 4.8%, Ferry, car as passenger 2.5% and Car, as passenger 2.0%. On the day, 33.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Macleay Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.0% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Macleay Island, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Macleay Island, 20.8% were couple families with children, 55.5% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Macleay Island 24.2% of single parents were male and 75.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Macleay Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,524 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Macleay Island, of couple families with children, 4.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 7.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Macleay Island, 71.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macleay Island, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Macleay Island, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 34.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Macleay Island, 39.3% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Macleay Island, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 35.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Macleay Island, 52.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.6% 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 Macleay Island, 53.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Macleay Island, there were 98 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 43.9%) were male and 55 (or 56.1%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Macleay Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $563.

In Macleay Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,608.