Moranbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,965 people in Moranbah of these 55.5% were male and 44.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Moranbah was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.3% of the population.

Of people in Moranbah aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moranbah was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Moranbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moranbah was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Moranbah 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moranbah were Australian 33.4%, English 26.3%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.4%.

In Moranbah, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, Philippines 1.2%, South Africa 1.1%, England 1.1% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

In Moranbah, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moranbah were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 22.9%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Moranbah 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.8%, Tagalog 0.6%, Mandarin 0.4%, Filipino 0.3% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.2%.

Employment

There were 5,047 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moranbah. Of these 72.5% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moranbah, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moranbah was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Moranbah included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.0%, Professionals 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Labourers 10.1%, Managers 7.3%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Moranbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 39.4%, School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%, Accommodation 2.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moranbah was $1,275.

In Moranbah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 11.3%, Walked only 5.0%, Bus 3.2% and Car as driver, car as passenger 0.9%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moranbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Moranbah, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moranbah, 61.0% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Moranbah 43.0% of single parents were male and 57.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moranbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,121 and those without children was $3,170.

Employment status of couple families

In Moranbah, of couple families with children, 29.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.9% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Moranbah, 84.6% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.4% were other dwellings.

In Moranbah, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moranbah, 14.8% were owned outright, 15.7% were owned with a mortgage and 67.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Moranbah, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Moranbah, 4.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.6% 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 Moranbah, 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moranbah, there were 236 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 135 (or 57.2%) were male and 101 (or 42.8%) 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 Moranbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,768.

In Moranbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,232.