Midge Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 255 people in Midge Point (L) of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Midge Point (L) was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.4% of the population.

Of people in Midge Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Midge Point (L) was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Midge Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Midge Point (L) was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Midge Point (L) 21.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.4% were in primary school, 5.6% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Midge Point (L) were English 37.6%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.6%.

In Midge Point (L), 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, Thailand 1.6% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Midge Point (L), 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Midge Point (L) were Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.5%.

In Midge Point (L) 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.2%, Thai 1.2% and Samoan 1.2%.

Employment

There were 92 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Midge Point (L). Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 16.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Midge Point (L), 4.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Midge Point (L) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Midge Point (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.3%, Labourers 18.3%, Managers 17.1%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.7% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Midge Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.4%, Coal Mining 7.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.8%, Other Crop Growing 3.6% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Midge Point (L) was $479.

In Midge Point (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Bus 4.9%, Other 3.7% and Walked only 3.7%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Midge Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Midge Point (L), 17.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Midge Point (L), 29.1% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Midge Point (L) 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Midge Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Midge Point (L), of couple families with children, 13.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Midge Point (L), 54.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 45.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Midge Point (L), 92.8% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Midge Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 25.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Midge Point (L), 52.1% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 27.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Midge Point (L), of all households, 78.9% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 7.4% were group households.

In Midge Point (L), 35.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Midge Point (L), 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Midge Point (L), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Midge Point (L), 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 $983.

In Midge Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.