Murray Bridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,708 people in Murray Bridge of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Murray Bridge was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Murray Bridge aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murray Bridge was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Murray Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murray Bridge was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Murray Bridge 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murray Bridge were Australian 29.7%, English 29.1%, German 10.8%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 4.7%.

In Murray Bridge, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Philippines 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

In Murray Bridge, 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murray Bridge were No Religion 27.1%, Catholic 13.3%, Lutheran 11.7%, Uniting Church 11.4% and Anglican 9.1%.

In Murray Bridge 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.4%, Italian 1.0%, Turkish 0.4%, Dinka 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 7,099 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murray Bridge. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murray Bridge, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murray Bridge was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Murray Bridge included Labourers 24.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.7%, Professionals 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Murray Bridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 9.2%, School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murray Bridge was $448.

In Murray Bridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 1.2% and Bicycle 0.6%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murray Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Murray Bridge, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murray Bridge, 36.9% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 19.2% were one parent families.

In Murray Bridge 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murray Bridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,782 and those without children was $1,492.

Employment status of couple families

In Murray Bridge, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murray Bridge, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Bridge, 85.3% were separate houses, 10.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Murray Bridge, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 57.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Bridge, 30.5% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Murray Bridge, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Murray Bridge, 36.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Murray Bridge, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murray Bridge, there were 870 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 474 (or 54.5%) were male and 396 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Murray Bridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $817.

In Murray Bridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.