Moree Plains (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 15,680 people were counted in Moree Plains (A): of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Of the total population 17.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A) there were 3,818 children aged 0-14 years and 2,906 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 14,397 people were Australian citizens, 838 were born overseas and 57 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 48.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 35.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 87.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Moree Plains (A) were New Zealand 1.1%, England 0.9%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.4%, Scotland 0.2% and Germany 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Moree Plains (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 37.7%, Catholic 29.9%, Presbyterian & Reformed 5.9%, No Religion 5.7% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Serbian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Croatian 0.1% and Greek 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,703 people aged 15 years and over in Moree Plains (A) were in the labour force. Of these 61.1% worked full-time, 26.2% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.3% were unemployed. 3,542 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 10.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Professionals 6.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Associate Professionals 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Moree Plains (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 14.3%, Education 3.8%, Business Services 3.1%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Government Administration 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 3,906 families were counted: of these, 33.5% were couple families without children, 48.8% were couple families with children, 16.1% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 5,673 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Moree Plains (A), 82.4% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 33.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.8% were being purchased and 34.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 30.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Moree Plains (A), 67.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.8% were group households.