Melrose Park (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,135 people in Melrose Park (SA) of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Melrose Park (SA) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.3% of the population.

Of people in Melrose Park (SA) aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Melrose Park (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Melrose Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Melrose Park (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Melrose Park (SA) 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 15.4% in secondary school and 30.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Melrose Park (SA) were Australian 29.6%, English 26.5%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.1% and German 5.2%.

In Melrose Park (SA), 75.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.7%, Greece 1.8%, New Zealand 1.2% and Germany 1.0%.

In Melrose Park (SA), 56.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Melrose Park (SA) were No Religion 30.8%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 10.9%, Anglican 10.1% and Eastern Orthodox 6.1%.

In Melrose Park (SA) 79.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.6%, Mandarin 2.4%, Italian 1.3%, Arabic 1.2% and Cantonese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,090 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Melrose Park (SA). Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Melrose Park (SA), 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Melrose Park (SA) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Melrose Park (SA) included Professionals 24.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Managers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Melrose Park (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Hospitals 5.0%, School Education 4.5%, Tertiary Education 3.1% and Residential Care Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Melrose Park (SA) was $564.

In Melrose Park (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Bus 7.7%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 3.0% and Bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 10.0% 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 Melrose Park (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Melrose Park (SA), 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Melrose Park (SA), 39.4% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Melrose Park (SA) 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Melrose Park (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $2,339.

Employment status of couple families

In Melrose Park (SA), of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Melrose Park (SA), 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melrose Park (SA), 83.1% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Melrose Park (SA), of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 28.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Melrose Park (SA), 33.6% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 24.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Melrose Park (SA), of all households, 61.1% were family households, 34.8% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Melrose Park (SA), 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Melrose Park (SA), 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Melrose Park (SA), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 53.8%) were male and 12 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Melrose Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Melrose Park (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.