Murray-Wellington (South West)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 39,084 people in Murray-Wellington (South West) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Murray-Wellington (South West) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Murray-Wellington (South West) aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murray-Wellington (South West) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murray-Wellington (South West) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Murray-Wellington (South West) 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murray-Wellington (South West) were English 33.6%, Australian 30.8%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 6.4% and Italian 5.2%.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.3%, South Africa 0.9%, Scotland 0.9% and Italy 0.8%.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), 59.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murray-Wellington (South West) were No Religion 26.9%, Anglican 23.7%, Catholic 23.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Murray-Wellington (South West) 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3%, Filipino 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 18,445 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murray-Wellington (South West). Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murray-Wellington (South West), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murray-Wellington (South West) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Murray-Wellington (South West) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Labourers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Professionals 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Murray-Wellington (South West), the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.1%, School Education 5.6%, Metal Ore Mining 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murray-Wellington (South West) was $554.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 2.3%, Walked only 2.3% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murray-Wellington (South West), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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-Wellington (South West), 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murray-Wellington (South West), 43.8% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Murray-Wellington (South West) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murray-Wellington (South West), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,378 and those without children was $2,174.

Employment status of couple families

In Murray-Wellington (South West), of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murray-Wellington (South West), 82.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray-Wellington (South West), 93.2% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray-Wellington (South West), 32.2% were owned outright, 40.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Murray-Wellington (South West), of all households, 77.8% were family households, 20.1% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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-Wellington (South West), 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murray-Wellington (South West), there were 844 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 426 (or 50.5%) were male and 418 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 18 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-Wellington (South West), 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 $1,072.

In Murray-Wellington (South West), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100.