Moonbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 935 people in Moonbah of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Moonbah was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Moonbah aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moonbah was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Moonbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moonbah was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Moonbah 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moonbah were Australian 35.1%, English 29.4%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.5%.

In Moonbah, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 1.0%, Switzerland 0.9% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Moonbah, 67.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moonbah were No Religion 29.8%, Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Moonbah 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Dutch 0.9%, French 0.4%, Swedish 0.3% and Serbian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 525 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moonbah. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moonbah, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moonbah was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Moonbah included Managers 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Professionals 13.8%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Moonbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.2%, School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3% and Sports and Physical Recreation Activities 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moonbah was $679.

In Moonbah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 2.3%, Train, car as driver 0.8% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moonbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Moonbah, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moonbah, 56.7% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Moonbah 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moonbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,130 and those without children was $1,845.

Employment status of couple families

In Moonbah, of couple families with children, 32.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moonbah, 74.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonbah, 99.0% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Moonbah, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonbah, 35.8% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Moonbah, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Moonbah, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Moonbah, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moonbah, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Moonbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Moonbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.