Moculta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 384 people in Moculta of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Moculta was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Moculta aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moculta was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Moculta, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moculta was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Moculta 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 31.6% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moculta were German 27.9%, Australian 26.6%, English 26.2%, Scottish 5.7% and Irish 3.9%.

In Moculta, 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.3% and Singapore 1.0%.

In Moculta, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moculta were Lutheran 45.6%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 9.1%, Anglican 8.1% and Catholic 5.2%.

In Moculta 99.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 231 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moculta. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moculta, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moculta was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Moculta included Managers 27.9%, Labourers 17.6%, Professionals 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Moculta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 13.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Fruit and Vegetable Processing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moculta was $624.

In Moculta, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 2.2% and Walked only 1.7%. 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 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moculta, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.7% 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 Moculta, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moculta, 46.6% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Moculta 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moculta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,549.

Employment status of couple families

In Moculta, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moculta, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moculta, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Moculta, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moculta, 42.0% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Moculta, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 16.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Moculta, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Moculta, 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moculta, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Moculta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Moculta, 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.