Moores Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 746 people in Moores Pocket of these 45.0% were male and 55.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Moores Pocket was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 39.5% of the population.

Of people in Moores Pocket aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moores Pocket was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Moores Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moores Pocket was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Moores Pocket 19.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moores Pocket were English 36.3%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 8.9%, German 6.8% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Moores Pocket, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 3.1%, Netherlands 1.5%, South Africa 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Moores Pocket, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moores Pocket were Anglican 29.0%, Catholic 20.4%, No Religion 15.7%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Moores Pocket 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.2%, German 0.4%, Malay 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 217 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moores Pocket. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 21.2% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moores Pocket, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moores Pocket was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Moores Pocket included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Labourers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Professionals 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Managers 7.9% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Moores Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4%, School Education 5.4%, Building Installation Services 5.0%, Accommodation 5.0% and Road Passenger Transport 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moores Pocket was $398.

In Moores Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 2.9%, Train, taxi 2.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moores Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.7% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Moores Pocket, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moores Pocket, 26.0% were couple families with children, 58.7% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Moores Pocket 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moores Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,824.

Employment status of couple families

In Moores Pocket, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 9.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moores Pocket, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moores Pocket, 82.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Moores Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 18.4% had 1 bedroom, 32.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moores Pocket, 52.5% were owned outright, 17.4% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Moores Pocket, of all households, 58.2% were family households, 39.5% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Moores Pocket, 46.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Moores Pocket, 53.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moores Pocket, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 48.1%) were male and 14 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Moores Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Moores Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $273 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.