South Maclean

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,255 people in South Maclean of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in South Maclean was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in South Maclean aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Maclean was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In South Maclean, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Maclean was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In South Maclean 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Maclean were Australian 32.9%, English 31.2%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 7.0% and German 5.0%.

In South Maclean, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.6%, Papua New Guinea 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and Fiji 0.6%.

In South Maclean, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Maclean were No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 19.5%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

In South Maclean 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Fijian Hindustani 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, Swedish 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 672 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Maclean. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Maclean, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Maclean was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in South Maclean included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 10.1%, Managers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in South Maclean, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.3%, School Education 5.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Maclean was $611.

In South Maclean, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Truck 4.3%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus, car as driver 2.2% and Bus 1.9%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Maclean, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 South Maclean, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Maclean, 46.6% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In South Maclean 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Maclean, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In South Maclean, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Maclean, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maclean, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Maclean, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Maclean, 31.7% were owned outright, 54.0% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Maclean, of all households, 84.7% were family households, 12.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In South Maclean, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 South Maclean, 16.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Maclean, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 66.7%) were male and 10 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 South Maclean, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In South Maclean, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.