Moore Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,279 people were counted in Moore Park: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park there were 258 children aged 0-14 years and 445 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 1,202 people were Australian citizens, 228 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 62.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 20.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 79.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Moore Park were England 6.3%, New Zealand 2.2%, Netherlands 2.0%, Germany 1.8% and Scotland 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Moore Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 20.9%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.1%, Netherlandic 0.9%, Italian 0.5%, Spanish 0.5% and Tongan 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 430 people aged 15 years and over in Moore Park were in the labour force. Of these 44.7% worked full-time, 34.4% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 17.4% were unemployed. 585 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 5.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.7%, Associate Professionals 3.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Moore Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 4.0%, Health Services 3.4%, Education 2.7%, Food Retailing 2.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 350 families were counted: of these, 47.4% were couple families without children, 37.7% were couple families with children, 14.9% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 514 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Moore Park, 78.4% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 15.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 49.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.8% were being purchased and 23.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Moore Park, 67.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.