Moree Plains (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,429 people in Moree Plains (A) of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 20.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Moree Plains (A) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Moree Plains (A) aged 15 years and over, 44.2% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moree Plains (A) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Moree Plains (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moree Plains (A) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Moree Plains (A) 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moree Plains (A) were Australian 34.1%, English 28.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.2% and Australian Aboriginal 5.6%.

In Moree Plains (A), 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, India 0.3%, South Africa 0.3% and Fiji 0.2%.

In Moree Plains (A), 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moree Plains (A) were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 29.5%, No Religion 11.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Moree Plains (A) 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tamil 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Serbian 0.1% and Hindi 0.1%.

Employment

There were 6,185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moree Plains (A). Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 22.9% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moree Plains (A), 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moree Plains (A) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Moree Plains (A) included Managers 22.2%, Professionals 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Moree Plains (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.8%, School Education 6.4%, Other Crop Growing 4.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.4% and Local Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moree Plains (A) was $558.

In Moree Plains (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 2.5% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moree Plains (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Moree Plains (A), 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moree Plains (A), 41.7% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Moree Plains (A) 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moree Plains (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $1,789.

Employment status of couple families

In Moree Plains (A), of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moree Plains (A), 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moree Plains (A), 87.4% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Moree Plains (A), of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% 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 Moree Plains (A), 30.1% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 40.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Moree Plains (A), of all households, 69.4% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Moree Plains (A), 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Moree Plains (A), 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moree Plains (A), there were 2,791 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,319 (or 47.3%) were male and 1,472 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Moree Plains (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $728.

In Moree Plains (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.