Moora

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,650 people in Moora of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Moora was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Moora aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moora was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Moora, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moora was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Moora 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moora were Australian 37.7%, English 29.1%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.3% and Dutch 2.5%.

In Moora, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, Philippines 1.0%, South Africa 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Moora, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moora were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 21.9%, Anglican 21.8%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Moora 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Tagalog 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 792 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moora. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moora, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moora was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Moora included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Labourers 14.5%, Managers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in Moora, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Local Government Administration 5.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.7% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moora was $571.

In Moora, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moora, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Moora, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moora, 41.0% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Moora 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moora, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,923.

Employment status of couple families

In Moora, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 22.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moora, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moora, 91.8% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Moora, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% 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 Moora, 29.5% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Moora, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Moora, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Moora, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moora, there were 286 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 120 (or 42.0%) were male and 166 (or 58.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Moora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Moora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $111 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $950.