Muttaburra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 328 people in Muttaburra of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Muttaburra was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Muttaburra aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Muttaburra was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Muttaburra, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Muttaburra was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Muttaburra 21.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.7% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Muttaburra were Australian 38.3%, English 29.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.3%.

In Muttaburra, 91.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.8%, England 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Muttaburra, 89.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Muttaburra were Anglican 38.0%, Catholic 29.5%, No Religion 13.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Muttaburra 98.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Muttaburra. Of these 80.5% were employed full time, 10.8% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Muttaburra, 2.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Muttaburra was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Muttaburra were Managers 55.7%, Labourers 21.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Professionals 5.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 1.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Muttaburra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 67.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.3% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Muttaburra was $603.

In Muttaburra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 20.9%, Walked only 15.4%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Other 3.8% and Bicycle 2.2%. 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 25.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Muttaburra, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.9% 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 Muttaburra, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Muttaburra, 48.4% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Muttaburra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,174 and those without children was $1,357.

Employment status of couple families

In Muttaburra, of couple families with children, 35.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 8.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Muttaburra, 62.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Muttaburra, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Muttaburra, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 32.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Muttaburra, 45.5% were owned outright, 22.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Muttaburra, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Muttaburra, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Muttaburra, 16.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 54.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Muttaburra, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 62 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 Muttaburra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Muttaburra, 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.