Morton Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263 people in Morton Vale of these 58.9% were male and 41.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Morton Vale was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Morton Vale aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morton Vale was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Morton Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Morton Vale was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Morton Vale 38.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 9.1% in secondary school and 8.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morton Vale were English 30.7%, Australian 24.9%, German 11.9%, Irish 6.1% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Morton Vale, 72.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Papua New Guinea 1.9%, Vietnam 1.5% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Morton Vale, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morton Vale were Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 19.4%, No Religion 11.0%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Lutheran 6.5%.

In Morton Vale 82.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.1% and Vietnamese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 105 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morton Vale. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Morton Vale, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morton Vale was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Morton Vale included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.6%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Professionals 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Morton Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 9.4%, Road Freight Transport 6.2%, Real Estate Services 5.2%, Poultry Farming 4.2% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morton Vale was $488.

In Morton Vale, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Walked only 4.2% and Truck 3.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morton Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Morton Vale, 15.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morton Vale, 40.6% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Morton Vale 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morton Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Morton Vale, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morton Vale, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morton Vale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Morton Vale, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morton Vale, 39.8% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Morton Vale, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Morton Vale, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Morton Vale, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morton Vale, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 78.6%) were male and 3 (or 21.4%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Morton Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Morton Vale, 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.