Murrumba Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,393 people in Murrumba Downs of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Murrumba Downs was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Murrumba Downs aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murrumba Downs was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Murrumba Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murrumba Downs was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Murrumba Downs 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murrumba Downs were English 30.7%, Australian 28.2%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.7%.

In Murrumba Downs, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Scotland 0.7% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Murrumba Downs, 60.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murrumba Downs were Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 19.9%, No Religion 19.4%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Murrumba Downs 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.9%, Italian 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 5,047 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murrumba Downs. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murrumba Downs, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murrumba Downs was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Murrumba Downs included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Managers 12.6%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Murrumba Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murrumba Downs was $695.

In Murrumba Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 3.2%, Train, car as driver 2.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murrumba Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.5% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Murrumba Downs, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murrumba Downs, 47.3% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Murrumba Downs 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murrumba Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,341 and those without children was $2,070.

Employment status of couple families

In Murrumba Downs, of couple families with children, 27.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murrumba Downs, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murrumba Downs, 82.0% were separate houses, 17.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Murrumba Downs, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murrumba Downs, 23.2% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Murrumba Downs, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Murrumba Downs, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Murrumba Downs, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murrumba Downs, there were 152 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 69 (or 45.4%) were male and 83 (or 54.6%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Murrumba Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,521.

In Murrumba Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,459.