Morpeth

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,260 people in Morpeth of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Morpeth was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Morpeth aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morpeth was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Morpeth, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% 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 Morpeth was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Morpeth 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morpeth were English 35.5%, Australian 31.9%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 7.3% and German 3.4%.

In Morpeth, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.5%, Ireland 0.6%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Morpeth, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morpeth were Anglican 30.4%, Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 17.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Morpeth 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.3%, Swedish 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 620 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morpeth. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Morpeth, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morpeth was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Morpeth included Professionals 22.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Managers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Morpeth, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Coal Mining 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.2% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morpeth was $580.

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In Morpeth, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 2.5%, Walked only 2.5% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morpeth, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Morpeth, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morpeth, 43.5% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Morpeth 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morpeth, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,646 and those without children was $2,125.

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Employment status of couple families

In Morpeth, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morpeth, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morpeth, 85.2% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Morpeth, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morpeth, 37.4% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Morpeth, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Morpeth, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Morpeth, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morpeth, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 50.0%) were male and 10 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Morpeth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $475.

In Morpeth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,212.