Millaa Millaa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 598 people in Millaa Millaa of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Millaa Millaa was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Millaa Millaa aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Millaa Millaa was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Millaa Millaa, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Millaa Millaa was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Millaa Millaa 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Millaa Millaa were Australian 32.0%, English 28.5%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.5%.

In Millaa Millaa, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.5%, Zimbabwe 2.0%, Netherlands 1.7% and Germany 0.8%.

In Millaa Millaa, 68.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Millaa Millaa were Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Millaa Millaa 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2%, Italian 0.5%, Tamil 0.5% and Bisaya 0.5%.

Employment

There were 268 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Millaa Millaa. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Millaa Millaa, 16.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Millaa Millaa was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Millaa Millaa included Managers 24.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Labourers 16.3%, Professionals 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0% and Sales Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Millaa Millaa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 21.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, School Education 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Building Completion Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Millaa Millaa was $420.

In Millaa Millaa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.2%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Millaa Millaa, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.2% 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 Millaa Millaa, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Millaa Millaa, 33.3% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In Millaa Millaa 27.8% of single parents were male and 72.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Millaa Millaa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,281 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Millaa Millaa, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Millaa Millaa, 78.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millaa Millaa, 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Millaa Millaa, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millaa Millaa, 45.9% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Millaa Millaa, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Millaa Millaa, 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Millaa Millaa, 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Millaa Millaa, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 50.0%) were male and 15 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Millaa Millaa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Millaa Millaa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.