Three Moon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 285 people in Three Moon of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Three Moon was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Three Moon aged 15 years and over, 63.3% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Three Moon was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Three Moon, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Three Moon was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Three Moon 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 54.3% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Three Moon were Australian 33.7%, English 33.4%, German 12.9%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 4.1%.

In Three Moon, 92.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Philippines 3.1%, England 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Three Moon, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Three Moon were Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 14.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 13.3% and Lutheran 6.3%.

In Three Moon 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 2.1% and Filipino 1.4%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Three Moon. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Three Moon, 14.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Three Moon was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Three Moon included Managers 38.7%, Labourers 18.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Professionals 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Three Moon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.1%, School Education 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.9%, Local Government Administration 4.9% and Other Livestock Farming 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Three Moon was $512.

In Three Moon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Walked only 9.2%, Bicycle 2.8%, Truck 2.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 57.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Three Moon, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.1% 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 Three Moon, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Three Moon, 38.9% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Three Moon 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Three Moon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Three Moon, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 30.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Three Moon, 76.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Moon, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Three Moon, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Three Moon, 49.0% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Three Moon, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 16.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Three Moon, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.1% 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 Three Moon, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Three Moon, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Three Moon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Three Moon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.