Millars Well

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,197 people in Millars Well of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Millars Well was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Millars Well aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Millars Well was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Millars Well, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Millars Well was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Millars Well 40.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 8.9% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Millars Well were Australian 25.8%, English 21.3%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 6.2% and German 2.1%.

In Millars Well, 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 3.7%, South Africa 2.4%, Philippines 1.7% and India 1.6%.

In Millars Well, 55.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Millars Well were No Religion 23.4%, Catholic 20.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Christian, nfd 2.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Millars Well 67.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.0%, Thai 0.9%, Tagalog 0.9%, Hindi 0.7% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Millars Well. Of these 75.9% were employed full time, 15.5% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Millars Well, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Millars Well was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Millars Well included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.4%, Professionals 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Millars Well, the most common responses for industry of employment included Oil and Gas Extraction 11.4%, School Education 5.3%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.9%, Metal Ore Mining 4.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Millars Well was $1,483.

In Millars Well, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Bus 6.4%, Walked only 2.2% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Millars Well, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 3.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Millars Well, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Millars Well, 52.9% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Millars Well 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Millars Well, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,433 and those without children was $3,580.

Employment status of couple families

In Millars Well, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Millars Well, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millars Well, 74.7% were separate houses, 19.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Millars Well, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Millars Well, 4.6% were owned outright, 14.3% were owned with a mortgage and 79.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Millars Well, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Millars Well, 2.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 47.5% 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 Millars Well, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Millars Well, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 54.0%) were male and 29 (or 46.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Millars Well, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,416.

In Millars Well, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.