Muirlea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 282 people in Muirlea of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Muirlea was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Muirlea aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Muirlea was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Muirlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Muirlea was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Muirlea 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.8% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Muirlea were Australian 35.0%, English 33.6%, Irish 7.6%, German 7.0% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Muirlea, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.0%, Germany 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and India 1.1%.

In Muirlea, 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Muirlea were No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 17.3%, Catholic 16.5%, Uniting Church 12.7% and Jehovah's Witnesses 6.0%.

In Muirlea 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kannada 3.2% and German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Muirlea. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Muirlea, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Muirlea was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Muirlea included Professionals 25.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Managers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Muirlea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Social Assistance Services 6.6%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.0%, Building Structure Services 4.1%, Building Completion Services 4.1% and Defence 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Muirlea was $558.

In Muirlea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.3%, Walked only 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 3.3% and Train, car as driver 2.5%. 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 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Muirlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 18.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Muirlea, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Muirlea, 39.0% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Muirlea 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Muirlea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Muirlea, of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Muirlea, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Muirlea, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Muirlea, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 37.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Muirlea, 35.8% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Muirlea, of all households, 82.6% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Muirlea, 24.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Muirlea, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Muirlea, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 4 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 Muirlea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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