Murray Valley (Northern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 52,280 people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) were Australian 31.7%, English 30.6%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.1% and Italian 4.3%.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Italy 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) were Catholic 30.6%, No Religion 20.5%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.9%, Arabic 0.4%, German 0.2%, Punjabi 0.2% and Dutch 0.1%.

Employment

There were 24,063 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria). Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) included Managers 16.7%, Labourers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Professionals 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, School Education 4.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) was $472.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.9%, Bicycle 1.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Valley (Northern Victoria), 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 39.4% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria) 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,783 and those without children was $1,540.

Employment status of couple families

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 88.0% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 39.8% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), of all households, 68.6% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 32.9% 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 Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), there were 562 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 265 (or 47.2%) were male and 297 (or 52.8%) 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 Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $757.

In Murray Valley (Northern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $163 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.