Morphett Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 22,602 people in Morphett Vale of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Morphett Vale was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Morphett Vale aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morphett Vale was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Morphett Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Morphett Vale was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Morphett Vale 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morphett Vale were English 34.2%, Australian 29.2%, Scottish 6.7%, Irish 5.7% and German 5.2%.

In Morphett Vale, 74.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Morphett Vale, 56.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morphett Vale were No Religion 32.7%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Morphett Vale 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Arabic 0.5%, Polish 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 11,005 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morphett Vale. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Morphett Vale, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morphett Vale was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Morphett Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Labourers 12.9%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Professionals 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Morphett Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morphett Vale was $494.

In Morphett Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 4.5%, Walked only 1.4% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morphett Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Morphett Vale, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morphett Vale, 36.9% were couple families with children, 40.3% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Morphett Vale 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morphett Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,807 and those without children was $1,651.

Employment status of couple families

In Morphett Vale, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morphett Vale, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morphett Vale, 85.2% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Morphett Vale, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 65.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morphett Vale, 27.4% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Morphett Vale, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Morphett Vale, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Morphett Vale, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morphett Vale, there were 385 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 186 (or 48.3%) were male and 199 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Morphett Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $772.

In Morphett Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $128 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,196.