Moe South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 566 people in Moe South of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Moe South was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Moe South aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moe South was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Moe South, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moe South was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Moe South 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 37.3% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moe South were Australian 35.0%, English 28.4%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.0% and Maltese 4.8%.

In Moe South, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Germany 1.2%, Netherlands 1.2%, Scotland 1.2% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Moe South, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moe South were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 25.2%, Anglican 15.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

In Moe South 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 1.1%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5% and Hungarian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moe South. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moe South, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moe South was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Moe South included Professionals 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Managers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Moe South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.7%, Electricity Generation 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Building Installation Services 3.7% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moe South was $546.

In Moe South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Train 1.1%, Bus 1.1% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moe South, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Moe South, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moe South, 52.8% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 5.7% were one parent families.

In Moe South 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moe South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,523 and those without children was $3,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Moe South, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moe South, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moe South, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Moe South, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moe South, 49.2% were owned outright, 39.0% were owned with a mortgage and 8.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Moe South, of all households, 86.9% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Moe South, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 Moe South, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moe South, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Moe South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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