Myponga (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 219 people in Myponga (L) of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Myponga (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Myponga (L) aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 21.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Myponga (L) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Myponga (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Myponga (L) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Myponga (L) 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 13.7% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Myponga (L) were English 47.6%, Australian 24.5%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 7.8% and German 4.1%.

In Myponga (L), 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 10.5%, Scotland 1.8% and Zimbabwe 1.4%.

In Myponga (L), 60.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Myponga (L) were No Religion 48.4%, Uniting Church 12.2%, Anglican 9.0%, Catholic 8.6% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In Myponga (L) 98.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Myponga (L). Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Myponga (L), 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Myponga (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Myponga (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.4%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Managers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1% and Professionals 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Myponga (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.0%, Residential Care Services 6.0%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Myponga (L) was $442.

In Myponga (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.7%, Walked only 8.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1% and Other 3.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Myponga (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Myponga (L), 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Myponga (L), 44.4% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 22.2% were one parent families.

In Myponga (L) 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Myponga (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $942.

Employment status of couple families

In Myponga (L), of couple families with children, 9.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Myponga (L), 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myponga (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Myponga (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Myponga (L), 23.9% were owned outright, 65.9% were owned with a mortgage and 6.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Myponga (L), of all households, 69.0% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Myponga (L), 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Myponga (L), 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Myponga (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Myponga (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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