Mount Murchison

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 226 people in Mount Murchison of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Murchison was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Murchison aged 15 years and over, 68.8% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Murchison was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Murchison, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Murchison was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mount Murchison 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.3% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Murchison were English 28.0%, Australian 27.7%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 9.6% and Italian 7.0%.

In Mount Murchison, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, Italy 2.2% and Netherlands 2.2%.

In Mount Murchison, 87.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Murchison were Catholic 31.7%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 11.9%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Lutheran 6.2%.

In Mount Murchison 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.3% and Italian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 114 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Murchison. Of these 67.5% were employed full time, 20.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Murchison, 2.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Murchison was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Murchison included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.0%, Managers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 7.1%, Professionals 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Murchison, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 15.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.0%, Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 5.4%, School Education 4.5% and Hospitals 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Murchison was $570.

In Mount Murchison, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.6% and Other 2.7%. 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 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Murchison, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Mount Murchison, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Murchison, 48.4% were couple families with children, 51.6% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Murchison, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,208 and those without children was $2,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Murchison, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Murchison, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Murchison, 76.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 23.7% were other dwellings.

In Mount Murchison, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Murchison, 40.0% were owned outright, 34.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Murchison, of all households, 89.5% were family households, 10.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Murchison, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% 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 Mount Murchison, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Murchison, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mount Murchison, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Mount Murchison, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.