Millmerran Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 421 people in Millmerran Downs of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Millmerran Downs was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Millmerran Downs aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 21.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Millmerran Downs was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Millmerran Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Millmerran Downs was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Millmerran Downs 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 3.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Millmerran Downs were English 31.9%, Australian 22.0%, Scottish 7.5%, German 6.2% and Irish 5.7%.

In Millmerran Downs, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.8%, Philippines 1.7%, Mozambique 0.9% and France 0.7%.

In Millmerran Downs, 67.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Millmerran Downs were Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 20.8%, Catholic 18.0%, Lutheran 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Millmerran Downs 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 0.9%, German 0.7% and Tagalog 0.7%.

Employment

There were 139 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Millmerran Downs. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 10.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Millmerran Downs, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Millmerran Downs was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Millmerran Downs were Managers 31.5%, Labourers 26.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%, Professionals 6.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Millmerran Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.5%, Fuel Retailing 7.8%, Poultry Farming 7.0%, Residential Care Services 6.2% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Millmerran Downs was $332.

In Millmerran Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.5%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 3.9%, Taxi 2.4% and Truck 2.4%. 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 48.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Millmerran Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.5% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Millmerran Downs, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Millmerran Downs, 29.9% were couple families with children, 57.9% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Millmerran Downs 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Millmerran Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,458 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Millmerran Downs, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Millmerran Downs, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millmerran Downs, 91.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.9% were other dwellings.

In Millmerran Downs, of occupied private dwellings 13.5% had 1 bedroom, 32.4% had 2 bedrooms and 29.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millmerran Downs, 51.4% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Millmerran Downs, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Millmerran Downs, 50.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Millmerran Downs, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Millmerran Downs, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Millmerran Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $583.

In Millmerran Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,799.