Morisset Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 617 people in Morisset Park of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Morisset Park was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Morisset Park aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morisset Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Morisset Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Morisset Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Morisset Park 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 18.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morisset Park were English 34.0%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.6%.

In Morisset Park, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, South Africa 2.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Morisset Park, 67.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morisset Park were Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 18.6%, Seventh-day Adventist 7.5% and Uniting Church 7.0%.

In Morisset Park 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Indonesian 0.6%, German 0.5% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 316 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morisset Park. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Morisset Park, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morisset Park was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Morisset Park included Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Managers 12.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Labourers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Morisset Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Residential Care Services 3.0%, Coal Mining 2.7%, Residential Building Construction 2.7% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morisset Park was $617.

In Morisset Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Train 4.7%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Train, car as driver 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morisset Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Morisset Park, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morisset Park, 45.6% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Morisset Park 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morisset Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,424 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Morisset Park, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morisset Park, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morisset Park, 95.6% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Morisset Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morisset Park, 34.1% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Morisset Park, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Morisset Park, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.9% 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 Morisset Park, 27.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morisset Park, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 46.7%) were male and 8 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Morisset Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Morisset Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,800.