Moore Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,650 people in Moore Park of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Moore Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Moore Park aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 16.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moore Park was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Moore Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moore Park was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Moore Park 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moore Park were English 32.4%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.5% and German 6.4%.

In Moore Park, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.9%, Germany 1.8%, Netherlands 1.3% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Moore Park, 66.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moore Park were No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 24.6%, Catholic 18.2%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Moore Park 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, French 0.6%, Croatian 0.4%, Welsh 0.2% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 608 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moore Park. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moore Park, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moore Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Moore Park included Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Labourers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Managers 9.8%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Moore Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Hospitals 5.6%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Real Estate Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moore Park was $389.

In Moore Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Other 2.0%, Truck 1.9% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 2.2% 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 Moore Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Moore Park, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moore Park, 32.1% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Moore Park 12.3% of single parents were male and 87.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moore Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,765 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Moore Park, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 12.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moore Park, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moore Park, 90.5% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Moore Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moore Park, 42.0% were owned outright, 28.5% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Moore Park, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Moore Park, 38.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Moore Park, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moore Park, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 53.8%) were male and 18 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Moore Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,231.

In Moore Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,210.