Murtoa (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 809 people in Murtoa (L) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Murtoa (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.1% of the population.

Of people in Murtoa (L) aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murtoa (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Murtoa (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murtoa (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Murtoa (L) 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murtoa (L) were Australian 31.4%, English 30.3%, German 10.9%, Irish 10.2% and Scottish 8.0%.

In Murtoa (L), 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, Germany 0.5%, Austria 0.4%, Croatia 0.4% and India 0.4%.

In Murtoa (L), 87.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murtoa (L) were No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 15.1%, Lutheran 14.7% and Uniting Church 13.3%.

In Murtoa (L) 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 309 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murtoa (L). Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murtoa (L), 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murtoa (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Murtoa (L) included Professionals 15.1%, Labourers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Managers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Murtoa (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.8%, School Education 5.7%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 5.4%, Warehousing and Storage Services 4.7% and Allied Health Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murtoa (L) was $417.

In Murtoa (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Bicycle 1.7% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murtoa (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 17.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.3% 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 Murtoa (L), 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murtoa (L), 39.6% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Murtoa (L) 27.8% of single parents were male and 72.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murtoa (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Murtoa (L), of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murtoa (L), 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murtoa (L), 97.2% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Murtoa (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% 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 Murtoa (L), 49.2% were owned outright, 26.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Murtoa (L), of all households, 64.9% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Murtoa (L), 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Murtoa (L), 34.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murtoa (L), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Murtoa (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Murtoa (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.