North Motton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 398 people in North Motton of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Motton was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in North Motton aged 15 years and over, 60.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Motton was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In North Motton, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Motton was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In North Motton 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Motton were Australian 37.8%, English 34.8%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.8% and Dutch 4.0%.

In North Motton, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Netherlands 2.3%, Ireland 1.0%, Canada 0.8% and Denmark 0.8%.

In North Motton, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Motton were No Religion 31.3%, Anglican 19.9%, Catholic 13.6%, Baptist 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In North Motton 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.8%.

Employment

There were 208 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Motton. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Motton, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Motton was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Motton included Managers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Labourers 14.1%, Professionals 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in North Motton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Vegetable Processing 6.8%, Local Government Administration 5.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.2% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Motton was $456.

In North Motton, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 4.1% and Truck 1.6%. 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 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Motton, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 North Motton, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Motton, 46.2% were couple families with children, 44.5% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In North Motton 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Motton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,305 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In North Motton, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Motton, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Motton, 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 North Motton, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.7% 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 North Motton, 36.4% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In North Motton, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In North Motton, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 North Motton, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Motton, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 62.9%) were male and 13 (or 37.1%) 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 North Motton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In North Motton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $889.