Mid Murray (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,136 people in Mid Murray (DC) of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mid Murray (DC) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Mid Murray (DC) aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mid Murray (DC) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Mid Murray (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mid Murray (DC) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mid Murray (DC) 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mid Murray (DC) were English 31.3%, Australian 29.3%, German 13.5%, Scottish 6.3% and Irish 5.3%.

In Mid Murray (DC), 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Mid Murray (DC), 75.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mid Murray (DC) were No Religion 25.5%, Lutheran 18.5%, Anglican 12.3%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Catholic 10.0%.

In Mid Murray (DC) 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Filipino 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Arabic 0.1% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,468 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mid Murray (DC). Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mid Murray (DC), 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mid Murray (DC) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Mid Murray (DC) included Managers 21.1%, Labourers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Professionals 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mid Murray (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.7%, School Education 4.0%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.4%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mid Murray (DC) was $403.

In Mid Murray (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Walked only 5.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 1.6% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mid Murray (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Mid Murray (DC), 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mid Murray (DC), 32.9% were couple families with children, 53.0% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Mid Murray (DC) 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mid Murray (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,539 and those without children was $1,383.

Employment status of couple families

In Mid Murray (DC), of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mid Murray (DC), 56.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mid Murray (DC), 93.7% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Mid Murray (DC), of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mid Murray (DC), 46.5% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mid Murray (DC), of all households, 66.1% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Mid Murray (DC), 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.7% 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 Mid Murray (DC), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mid Murray (DC), there were 154 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 90 (or 58.4%) were male and 64 (or 41.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mid Murray (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $881.

In Mid Murray (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.