South Morang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 20,873 people in South Morang of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in South Morang was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in South Morang aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Morang was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In South Morang, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Morang was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In South Morang 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Morang were Australian 19.0%, English 17.4%, Italian 13.7%, Macedonian 6.3% and Irish 4.9%.

In South Morang, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.8%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.6%, Italy 2.5%, Sri Lanka 1.5% and England 1.5%.

In South Morang, 43.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Morang were Catholic 38.0%, No Religion 14.8%, Eastern Orthodox 13.3%, Anglican 7.9% and Islam 3.0%.

In South Morang 63.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 5.8%, Italian 5.7%, Greek 2.5%, Arabic 2.3% and Punjabi 1.6%.

Employment

There were 10,950 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Morang. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Morang, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Morang was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in South Morang included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Managers 10.8%, Labourers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in South Morang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, School Education 2.9% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Morang was $669.

In South Morang, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train 2.3%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Morang, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Morang, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Morang, 60.0% were couple families with children, 24.1% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In South Morang 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Morang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,070 and those without children was $2,069.

Employment status of couple families

In South Morang, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Morang, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Morang, 84.3% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Morang, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Morang, 17.9% were owned outright, 61.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Morang, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 11.8% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In South Morang, 12.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 South Morang, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Morang, there were 108 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 54.6%) were male and 49 (or 45.4%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Morang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,300.

In South Morang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $309 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,670.