Mooroolbark

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,888 people were counted in Mooroolbark: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark there were 4,234 children aged 0-14 years and 3,346 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 17,041 people were Australian citizens, 3,551 were born overseas and 54 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 54.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 31.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 77.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mooroolbark were England 7.4%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 1.0% and Italy 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Mooroolbark on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.5%, German 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 10,068 people aged 15 years and over in Mooroolbark were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 4,269 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Managers and Administrators 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mooroolbark, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1%, Food Retailing 5.0%, Construction Trade Services 4.2% and Education 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 5,286 families were counted: of these, 28.2% were couple families without children, 54.5% were couple families with children, 15.9% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 6,385 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mooroolbark, 95.5% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.6% were being purchased and 14.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mooroolbark, 81.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.