Myrtle Bank (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,940 people in Myrtle Bank (SA) of these 43.2% were male and 56.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Myrtle Bank (SA) was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.1% of the population.

Of people in Myrtle Bank (SA) aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Myrtle Bank (SA) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Myrtle Bank (SA) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Myrtle Bank (SA) 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Myrtle Bank (SA) were English 30.1%, Australian 23.6%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.2% and German 6.3%.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), 72.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, India 1.3%, Germany 1.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Myrtle Bank (SA) were No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Lutheran 3.5%.

In Myrtle Bank (SA) 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.5%, Italian 1.4%, German 0.9% and Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,214 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Myrtle Bank (SA). Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Myrtle Bank (SA), 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Myrtle Bank (SA) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Myrtle Bank (SA) included Professionals 40.0%, Managers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Myrtle Bank (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.3%, School Education 6.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.5% and State Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Myrtle Bank (SA) was $678.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.1%, Bus 6.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 2.7% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 8.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Myrtle Bank (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.4% 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 Myrtle Bank (SA), 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Myrtle Bank (SA), 45.7% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Myrtle Bank (SA) 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Myrtle Bank (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,141 and those without children was $2,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Myrtle Bank (SA), of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Myrtle Bank (SA), 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myrtle Bank (SA), 60.6% were separate houses, 23.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myrtle Bank (SA), 40.5% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Myrtle Bank (SA), of all households, 63.5% were family households, 34.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.4% 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 Myrtle Bank (SA), 41.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Myrtle Bank (SA), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Myrtle Bank (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Myrtle Bank (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.