South Murwillumbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,064 people in South Murwillumbah of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in South Murwillumbah was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in South Murwillumbah aged 15 years and over, 35.5% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Murwillumbah was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In South Murwillumbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Murwillumbah was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In South Murwillumbah 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Murwillumbah were English 34.1%, Australian 30.7%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.4%.

In South Murwillumbah, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, India 0.6% and Fiji 0.3%.

In South Murwillumbah, 77.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Murwillumbah were Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 21.8%, Anglican 20.3%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In South Murwillumbah 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Hebrew 0.3%, Punjabi 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 429 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Murwillumbah. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Murwillumbah, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Murwillumbah was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in South Murwillumbah included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Professionals 12.7%, Managers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in South Murwillumbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.5%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, Local Government Administration 4.4%, School Education 4.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Murwillumbah was $411.

In South Murwillumbah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 5.4%, Bicycle 2.6% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Murwillumbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 South Murwillumbah, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Murwillumbah, 34.7% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 33.2% were one parent families.

In South Murwillumbah 22.4% of single parents were male and 77.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Murwillumbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,474 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In South Murwillumbah, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Murwillumbah, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Murwillumbah, 87.3% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In South Murwillumbah, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Murwillumbah, 27.1% were owned outright, 30.7% were owned with a mortgage and 34.1% were rented.

Household composition

In South Murwillumbah, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In South Murwillumbah, 35.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 South Murwillumbah, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Murwillumbah, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 48.6%) were male and 18 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 South Murwillumbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In South Murwillumbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,500.