Moonee Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,532 people in Moonee Ponds of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Moonee Ponds was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Moonee Ponds aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moonee Ponds was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Moonee Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moonee Ponds was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Moonee Ponds 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 27.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moonee Ponds were Australian 20.5%, English 19.2%, Italian 13.4%, Irish 10.1% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Moonee Ponds, 69.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.4%, India 2.6%, England 2.3%, Greece 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Moonee Ponds, 47.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moonee Ponds were Catholic 41.4%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 8.2%, Eastern Orthodox 6.0% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Moonee Ponds 70.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 8.8%, Greek 3.6%, Cantonese 1.0%, Spanish 0.9% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 7,445 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moonee Ponds. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moonee Ponds, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moonee Ponds was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Moonee Ponds included Professionals 31.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Managers 16.0%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Moonee Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moonee Ponds was $763.

In Moonee Ponds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Train 10.8%, Tram 5.4%, Walked only 3.7% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 21.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moonee Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Moonee Ponds, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moonee Ponds, 49.1% were couple families with children, 37.4% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Moonee Ponds 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moonee Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,089 and those without children was $2,435.

Employment status of couple families

In Moonee Ponds, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moonee Ponds, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonee Ponds, 61.6% were separate houses, 13.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Moonee Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonee Ponds, 34.0% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Moonee Ponds, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Moonee Ponds, 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 Moonee Ponds, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moonee Ponds, there were 41 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 41.5%) were male and 24 (or 58.5%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Moonee Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,125.

In Moonee Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $388 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.