Moonee Valley (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 107,443 people in Moonee Valley (C) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Moonee Valley (C) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Moonee Valley (C) aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moonee Valley (C) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Moonee Valley (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moonee Valley (C) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Moonee Valley (C) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moonee Valley (C) were Australian 19.5%, English 17.9%, Italian 13.2%, Irish 8.9% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Moonee Valley (C), 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.0%, India 2.3%, Vietnam 1.8%, England 1.8% and Greece 1.4%.

In Moonee Valley (C), 44.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moonee Valley (C) were Catholic 42.6%, No Religion 18.6%, Anglican 8.0%, Eastern Orthodox 6.1% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Moonee Valley (C) 65.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 8.1%, Greek 3.5%, Vietnamese 2.1%, Cantonese 1.7% and Arabic 1.5%.

Employment

There were 55,775 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moonee Valley (C). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moonee Valley (C), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moonee Valley (C) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Moonee Valley (C) included Professionals 27.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Managers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Moonee Valley (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.3% and Tertiary Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moonee Valley (C) was $628.

In Moonee Valley (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Train 7.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Tram 3.6% and Walked only 2.3%. On the day, 17.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moonee Valley (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Moonee Valley (C), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moonee Valley (C), 46.9% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Moonee Valley (C) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moonee Valley (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,746 and those without children was $2,307.

Employment status of couple families

In Moonee Valley (C), of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moonee Valley (C), 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonee Valley (C), 66.6% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Moonee Valley (C), of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 25.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonee Valley (C), 37.8% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Moonee Valley (C), of all households, 69.0% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Moonee Valley (C), 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.2% 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 Moonee Valley (C), 36.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moonee Valley (C), there were 317 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 156 (or 49.2%) were male and 161 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Moonee Valley (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,331.

In Moonee Valley (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $293 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,643.