Meldale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 362 people in Meldale of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Meldale was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Meldale aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Meldale was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Meldale, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Meldale was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Meldale 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Meldale were Australian 31.8%, English 31.6%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.1% and German 5.7%.

In Meldale, 75.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, England 4.4%, Germany 1.4%, Canada 1.1% and Fiji 1.1%.

In Meldale, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Meldale were No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Meldale 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.8% and Mandarin 0.8%.

Employment

There were 166 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Meldale. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Meldale, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Meldale was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Meldale included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 16.5%, Managers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Professionals 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Meldale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.5%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.5%, Other Construction Services 3.8%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.8% and Poultry Farming 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Meldale was $479.

In Meldale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.2%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Walked only 7.6%, Truck 4.4% and Other 3.8%. 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 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Meldale, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.9% 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 Meldale, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Meldale, 37.4% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Meldale 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Meldale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Meldale, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Meldale, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meldale, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Meldale, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Meldale, 40.5% were owned outright, 23.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Meldale, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Meldale, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Meldale, 25.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Meldale, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Meldale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Meldale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.