Mooloolah Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,263 people in Mooloolah Valley of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mooloolah Valley was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Mooloolah Valley aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mooloolah Valley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mooloolah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mooloolah Valley was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mooloolah Valley 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.0% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mooloolah Valley were English 33.2%, Australian 31.6%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.3%.

In Mooloolah Valley, 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 3.8%, South Africa 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Mooloolah Valley, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mooloolah Valley were No Religion 29.9%, Anglican 18.7%, Catholic 17.3%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Mooloolah Valley 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, French 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2% and Dutch 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,635 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mooloolah Valley. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mooloolah Valley, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mooloolah Valley was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mooloolah Valley included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Professionals 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Managers 9.6%, Labourers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Mooloolah Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mooloolah Valley was $554.

In Mooloolah Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 2.5%, Train 2.1% and Walked only 1.6%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mooloolah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Mooloolah Valley, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mooloolah Valley, 47.9% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Mooloolah Valley 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mooloolah Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,950 and those without children was $1,855.

Employment status of couple families

In Mooloolah Valley, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mooloolah Valley, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mooloolah Valley, 95.8% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Mooloolah Valley, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mooloolah Valley, 26.8% were owned outright, 53.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mooloolah Valley, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Mooloolah Valley, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Mooloolah Valley, 26.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mooloolah Valley, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 56.0%) were male and 37 (or 44.0%) 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 Mooloolah Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,406.

In Mooloolah Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $385 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.