Murchison East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 212 people in Murchison East of these 41.0% were male and 59.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Murchison East was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Murchison East aged 15 years and over, 52.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murchison East was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Murchison East, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murchison East was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Murchison East 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.3% were in primary school, 29.6% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murchison East were English 29.5%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 15.4%, Scottish 8.4% and Samoan 6.7%.

In Murchison East, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Samoa 3.8%, New Zealand 2.8%, Turkey 1.9%, Afghanistan 1.4% and England 1.4%.

In Murchison East, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murchison East were No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 27.7%, Anglican 14.1%, Seventh-day Adventist 6.6% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Murchison East 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 4.6%, Tongan 3.2%, Italian 1.4%, Pashto 1.4% and Turkish 1.4%.

Employment

There were 83 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murchison East. Of these 41.0% were employed full time, 39.8% were employed part-time and 15.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murchison East, 18.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murchison East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Murchison East included Labourers 26.4%, Professionals 19.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Managers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Murchison East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 8.3%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 4.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.2% and Textile Manufacturing 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murchison East was $381.

In Murchison East, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.1%, Walked only 8.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6% and Truck 4.2%. 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 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murchison East, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Murchison East, 16.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murchison East, 31.2% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 23.4% were one parent families.

In Murchison East 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murchison East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Murchison East, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murchison East, 81.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murchison East, 87.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.8% were other dwellings.

In Murchison East, of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 57.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murchison East, 42.3% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Murchison East, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Murchison East, 42.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Murchison East, 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murchison East, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 8 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Murchison East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Murchison East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.