Muswellbrook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,791 people in Muswellbrook of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Muswellbrook was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Muswellbrook aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Muswellbrook was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Muswellbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Muswellbrook was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Muswellbrook 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Muswellbrook were Australian 35.9%, English 30.5%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.0%.

In Muswellbrook, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, England 1.4%, South Africa 0.4%, Philippines 0.4% and Zimbabwe 0.4%.

In Muswellbrook, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Muswellbrook were Anglican 34.0%, Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 14.3%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Muswellbrook 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Shona 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,697 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Muswellbrook. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Muswellbrook, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Muswellbrook was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Muswellbrook included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.7%, Labourers 12.4%, Professionals 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Muswellbrook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 20.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 3.8%, Electricity Generation 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Muswellbrook was $622.

In Muswellbrook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Walked only 3.2%, Truck 0.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. 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 77.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Muswellbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Muswellbrook, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Muswellbrook, 44.5% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Muswellbrook 21.3% of single parents were male and 78.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Muswellbrook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,609 and those without children was $2,401.

Employment status of couple families

In Muswellbrook, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Muswellbrook, 87.7% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Muswellbrook, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Muswellbrook, 25.5% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 37.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Muswellbrook, of all households, 70.4% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Muswellbrook, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Muswellbrook, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Muswellbrook, there were 712 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 364 (or 51.1%) were male and 348 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Muswellbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,177.

In Muswellbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.