Moonta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 681 people in Moonta of these 44.8% were male and 55.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Moonta was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 31.0% of the population.

Of people in Moonta aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moonta was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Moonta, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moonta was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Moonta 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moonta were English 38.6%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 7.0%, German 6.8% and Scottish 5.8%.

In Moonta, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.5%, Netherlands 1.8%, Kenya 1.0%, New Zealand 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Moonta, 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moonta were No Religion 24.4%, Uniting Church 23.8%, Anglican 16.3%, Catholic 12.8% and Lutheran 5.0%.

In Moonta 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Swahili 0.9% and Greek 0.6%.

Employment

There were 219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moonta. Of these 49.8% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moonta, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moonta was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Moonta included Labourers 17.4%, Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Moonta, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.9%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 8.4%, Residential Building Construction 7.4%, Hospitals 5.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moonta was $369.

In Moonta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.2%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 1.5% and Bus, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moonta, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Moonta, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moonta, 22.7% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 25.6% were one parent families.

In Moonta 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moonta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,312 and those without children was $1,523.

Employment status of couple families

In Moonta, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moonta, 78.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonta, 86.5% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Moonta, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 29.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonta, 42.0% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Moonta, of all households, 51.3% were family households, 46.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Moonta, 58.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Moonta, 47.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moonta, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 50.0%) were male and 18 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Moonta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Moonta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $85 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.