Moreton Bay (R)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 378,045 people in Moreton Bay (R) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Moreton Bay (R) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Moreton Bay (R) aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moreton Bay (R) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Moreton Bay (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moreton Bay (R) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Moreton Bay (R) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moreton Bay (R) were English 30.8%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.5%.

In Moreton Bay (R), 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 4.9%, South Africa 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Moreton Bay (R), 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moreton Bay (R) were No Religion 23.1%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Moreton Bay (R) 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.4%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 185,951 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moreton Bay (R). Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moreton Bay (R), 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moreton Bay (R) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Moreton Bay (R) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Moreton Bay (R), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moreton Bay (R) was $581.

In Moreton Bay (R), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 3.9%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moreton Bay (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Moreton Bay (R), 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moreton Bay (R), 44.9% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Moreton Bay (R) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moreton Bay (R), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,228 and those without children was $1,991.

Employment status of couple families

In Moreton Bay (R), of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moreton Bay (R), 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moreton Bay (R), 85.9% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Moreton Bay (R), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moreton Bay (R), 27.9% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Moreton Bay (R), of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Moreton Bay (R), 21.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.0% 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 Moreton Bay (R), 33.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moreton Bay (R), there were 8,480 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4,195 (or 49.5%) were male and 4,285 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Moreton Bay (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,134.

In Moreton Bay (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.