Lake Macdonald

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC31630
People 1,363
Male 49.2%
Female 50.8%
Median age 46
Families 404
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.8
for all households (a) 0.7
All private dwellings 546
Average people per household 2.8
Median weekly household income $1,321
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,712
Median weekly rent $373
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 2.2

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 669 49.2 2,321,889 49.4 11,546,638 49.3
Female 691 50.8 2,381,308 50.6 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 36 2.6 186,482 4.0 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,363 people in Lake Macdonald. Of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

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Age Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 46 -- 37 -- 38 --
0-4 years 77 5.6 296,466 6.3 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 113 8.3 317,138 6.7 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 91 6.7 299,097 6.4 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 60 4.4 296,287 6.3 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 38 2.8 316,860 6.7 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 48 3.5 320,753 6.8 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 64 4.7 325,943 6.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 73 5.3 305,218 6.5 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 95 6.9 322,901 6.9 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 83 6.1 322,982 6.9 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 110 8.0 308,727 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 126 9.2 292,198 6.2 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 124 9.1 260,685 5.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 107 7.8 242,192 5.1 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 78 5.7 180,406 3.8 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 41 3.0 126,084 2.7 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 24 1.8 83,731 1.8 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 15 1.1 85,528 1.8 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Lake Macdonald was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 643 59.1 1,775,920 46.9 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 38 3.5 134,953 3.6 608,059 3.2
Divorced 108 9.9 354,382 9.3 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 52 4.8 184,671 4.9 985,204 5.2
Never married 247 22.7 1,340,580 35.4 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Lake Macdonald aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 560 57.6 1,546,502 46.7 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 141 14.5 394,739 11.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 272 28.0 1,367,026 41.3 7,024,973 41.9

In Lake Macdonald, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Preschool 19 5.7 56,639 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 100 29.9 276,468 19.1 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 4 1.2 73,844 5.1 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 31 9.3 50,202 3.5 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 59 17.6 176,138 12.2 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 9 2.7 63,080 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 15 4.5 58,927 4.1 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 17 5.1 76,992 5.3 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 25 7.5 213,221 14.8 1,160,626 16.1
Other 4 1.2 37,517 2.6 198,383 2.8
Not stated 52 15.5 360,888 25.0 1,707,023 23.7

In Lake Macdonald 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.2% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 187 17.4 693,412 18.3 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 135 12.6 330,619 8.7 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 38 3.5 111,975 3.0 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 189 17.6 576,295 15.2 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 165 15.4 625,959 16.5 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 54 5.0 163,394 4.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 152 14.2 488,554 12.9 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 2,602 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 418 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 56 5.2 275,376 7.3 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 15,700 0.4 145,844 0.8
Not stated 65 6.1 409,227 10.8 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Lake Macdonald, 15.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 20.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 12.6% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
English 639 33.5 1,794,999 27.5 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 532 27.9 1,649,284 25.3 7,298,243 23.3
Scottish 186 9.7 486,648 7.5 2,023,470 6.4
Irish 182 9.5 564,334 8.7 2,388,058 7.6
German 107 5.6 296,387 4.5 982,226 3.1

The most common ancestries in Lake Macdonald were English 33.5%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 9.5% and German 5.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Lake Macdonald (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 1,055 78.4 3,343,657 71.1 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
England 94 7.0 180,775 3.8 907,570 3.9
New Zealand 62 4.6 201,206 4.3 518,466 2.2
Germany 18 1.3 20,387 0.4 102,595 0.4
South Africa 14 1.0 40,131 0.9 162,449 0.7
Scotland 13 1.0 21,879 0.5 119,417 0.5

In Lake Macdonald, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 4.6%, Germany 1.3%, South Africa 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 305 22.3 1,225,441 26.1 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 91 6.7 302,904 6.4 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 84 6.1 234,425 5.0 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 831 60.8 2,575,201 54.8 11,070,538 47.3

In Lake Macdonald, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 915 67.5 2,824,420 60.1 12,231,150 52.3
England 116 8.6 287,091 6.1 1,403,096 6.0
New Zealand 67 4.9 236,403 5.0 617,331 2.6
Scotland 30 2.2 54,350 1.2 276,038 1.2
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 28 2.1 33,883 0.7 177,536 0.8

In Lake Macdonald, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 67.5%, England 8.6%, New Zealand 4.9%, Scotland 2.2% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.1%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australia 922 69.3 2,897,343 61.6 12,643,365 54.0
England 127 9.5 264,169 5.6 1,302,147 5.6
New Zealand 88 6.6 236,930 5.0 608,329 2.6
Germany 25 1.9 33,417 0.7 169,618 0.7
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 20 1.5 29,473 0.6 155,231 0.7

In Lake Macdonald, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 69.3%, England 9.5%, New Zealand 6.6%, Germany 1.9% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 1.5%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 543 39.9 1,374,427 29.2 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 214 15.7 1,022,514 21.7 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 205 15.1 719,718 15.3 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 86 6.3 468,042 10.0 2,238,735 9.6
Uniting Church 80 5.9 238,313 5.1 870,183 3.7

The most common responses for religion in Lake Macdonald were No Religion, so described 39.9%, Catholic 15.7%, Anglican 15.1%, Not stated 6.3% and Uniting Church 5.9%. In Lake Macdonald, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (54.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
German 22 1.6 16,488 0.4 79,353 0.3
Greek 10 0.7 10,538 0.2 237,588 1.0
Afrikaans 5 0.4 12,525 0.3 43,741 0.2
French 4 0.3 11,988 0.3 70,873 0.3
Italian 3 0.2 20,009 0.4 271,597 1.2
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English only spoken at home 1,264 93.1 3,820,632 81.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 27 5.5 242,052 13.5 1,971,011 22.2

In Lake Macdonald 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.6%, Greek 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.4%, French 0.3% and Italian 0.2%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 306 50.8 1,333,193 57.7 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 237 39.4 691,751 29.9 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 18 3.0 111,509 4.8 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 41 6.8 175,665 7.6 787,452 6.9

There were 602 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Macdonald. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 39.4% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 82 14.6 235,001 11.0 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 63 11.2 201,035 9.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 97 17.3 255,714 12.0 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 87 15.5 410,236 19.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 212 37.8 922,958 43.2 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Lake Macdonald, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Professionals 109 19.3 423,917 19.8 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 88 15.5 291,317 13.6 1,449,681 13.6
Technicians and Trades Workers 86 15.2 305,441 14.3 1,447,414 13.5
Labourers 78 13.8 225,268 10.5 1,011,520 9.5
Managers 77 13.6 258,509 12.1 1,390,047 13.0
Sales Workers 42 7.4 207,795 9.7 1,000,955 9.4
Community and Personal Service Workers 41 7.2 241,956 11.3 1,157,003 10.8
Machinery Operators and Drivers 37 6.5 147,636 6.9 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Lake Macdonald included Professionals 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Labourers 13.8%, Managers 13.6%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.5%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Accounting Services 20 4.2 22,749 1.1 127,263 1.2
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 18 3.8 52,291 2.4 254,275 2.4
Primary Education 17 3.6 54,394 2.5 231,198 2.2
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 17 3.6 91,756 4.3 411,808 3.9
General Practice Medical Services 13 2.7 19,256 0.9 96,014 0.9

Of the employed people in Lake Macdonald, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accounting Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Primary Education 3.6%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.6% and General Practice Medical Services 2.7%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 608 -- 660 -- 662 --
Family 1,414 -- 1,661 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,321 -- 1,402 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Macdonald was $608.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 368 65.2 1,368,965 64.1 6,574,571 61.5
Worked at home 74 13.1 112,422 5.3 503,582 4.7
Car, as passenger 30 5.3 112,508 5.3 489,922 4.6
Other 14 2.5 15,689 0.7 73,512 0.7
Truck 11 2.0 19,948 0.9 85,892 0.8
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People who travelled to work by public transport 8 1.4 152,230 7.1 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 398 70.6 1,523,756 71.3 7,305,271 68.4

In Lake Macdonald, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Worked at home 13.1%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Other 2.5% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 852 79.0 2,671,858 70.5 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 323 29.8 1,063,450 28.1 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 144 13.4 407,168 10.7 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 229 21.2 714,138 18.8 3,620,726 19.0

In Lake Macdonald, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 200 18.5 853,120 22.5 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 327 30.2 1,017,232 26.8 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 171 15.8 448,338 11.8 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 160 14.8 353,168 9.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Lake Macdonald, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 197 49.4 481,451 39.4 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 158 39.6 518,494 42.5 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 40 10.0 201,308 16.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 4 1.0 19,898 1.6 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Lake Macdonald, 39.6% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male -- 9.8 -- 18.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 90.2 -- 81.5 -- 81.8

In Lake Macdonald, 9.8% of single parents were male and 90.2% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 42 11.4 225,032 22.5 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 30 8.2 39,193 3.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 70 19.1 212,524 21.3 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 47 12.8 144,839 14.5 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 33 9.0 57,595 5.8 302,037 6.0
Both not working 106 28.9 200,661 20.1 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 11 3.0 52,525 5.3 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 28 7.6 67,574 6.8 311,381 6.2

In Lake Macdonald, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 460 89.0 1,656,828 89.4 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 57 11.0 195,570 10.6 1,039,874 11.2

In Lake Macdonald, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 457 99.3 1,269,653 76.6 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 0 0.0 174,984 10.6 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 0 0.0 186,780 11.3 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 3 0.7 16,809 1.0 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Macdonald, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 0 0.0 8,306 0.5 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 17 3.7 70,628 4.3 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 39 8.4 275,203 16.6 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 190 40.9 657,978 39.7 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 216 46.5 604,269 36.5 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 3 0.6 40,448 2.4 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.5 -- 3.2 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.8 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Lake Macdonald, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 197 43.1 471,407 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 194 42.5 558,439 33.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 62 13.6 566,478 34.2 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 0 0.0 15,566 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 4 0.9 44,944 2.7 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Macdonald, 43.1% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Family households 386 83.4 1,189,859 71.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 62 13.4 389,076 23.5 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 15 3.2 77,898 4.7 354,917 4.3

In Lake Macdonald, of all households, 83.4% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

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Household income Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 16.5 -- 19.5 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 11.2 -- 14.4 -- 16.4

In Lake Macdonald, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 11.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median rent 373 -- 330 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 92.9 -- 87.2 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 7.1 -- 12.8 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,712 -- 1,733 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 90.9 -- 93.6 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 9.1 -- 6.4 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None 6 1.3 99,133 6.0 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 94 20.5 566,233 34.2 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 214 46.7 620,096 37.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 141 30.8 315,106 19.0 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 3 0.7 56,263 3.4 285,197 3.4

In Lake Macdonald, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 36 7.8 224,855 13.6 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 417 90.7 1,387,499 83.7 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 7 1.5 44,482 2.7 221,494 2.7

In Lake Macdonald, 90.7% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Male 23 76.7 92,176 49.4 322,171 49.6
Female 7 23.3 94,311 50.6 326,996 50.4
Median age 12 -- 22 -- 23 --

In Lake Macdonald, 76.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 23.3% were female. The median age was 12 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 5 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,125 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

In Lake Macdonald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Lake Macdonald % Lake Macdonald Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 420 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,283 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Lake Macdonald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,283.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.