Morts Estate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 431 people in Morts Estate of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Morts Estate was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Morts Estate aged 15 years and over, 42.3% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morts Estate was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Morts Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Morts Estate was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Morts Estate 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morts Estate were English 33.6%, Australian 32.4%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 10.3% and German 1.3%.

In Morts Estate, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.2% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Morts Estate, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morts Estate were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Morts Estate 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morts Estate. Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Morts Estate, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morts Estate was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Morts Estate included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Managers 7.9% and Professionals 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Morts Estate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 8.3%, Local Government Administration 4.4%, Electricity Generation 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and School Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morts Estate was $431.

In Morts Estate, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 3.4% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morts Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Morts Estate, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morts Estate, 30.9% were couple families with children, 43.1% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Morts Estate 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morts Estate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,549 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Morts Estate, of couple families with children, 7.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morts Estate, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morts Estate, 94.5% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Morts Estate, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 59.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morts Estate, 44.3% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Morts Estate, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Morts Estate, 38.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Morts Estate, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morts Estate, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 57.1%) were male and 18 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Morts Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $991.

In Morts Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.