Morwell (Eastern Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 56,175 people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 47.5% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) were Australian 30.4%, English 28.5%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 7.6% and Italian 3.6%.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Italy 1.2%, Netherlands 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) were No Religion 27.4%, Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria) 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Greek 0.6%, Mandarin 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 26,269 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Morwell (Eastern Victoria). Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Professionals 15.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Labourers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Managers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Morwell (Eastern Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Electricity Generation 3.8% and Central Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) was $492.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Walked only 2.4%, Truck 0.8% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 40.9% were couple families with children, 39.9% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria) 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,157 and those without children was $1,991.

Employment status of couple families

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 88.5% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 35.5% were owned outright, 36.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Morwell (Eastern Victoria), 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), there were 820 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 399 (or 48.7%) were male and 421 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Morwell (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $855.

In Morwell (Eastern Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.