Moonta Mines

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 348 people in Moonta Mines of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Moonta Mines was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Moonta Mines aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moonta Mines was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Moonta Mines, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moonta Mines was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Moonta Mines 23.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moonta Mines were English 45.9%, Australian 28.9%, Irish 5.3%, German 5.3% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Moonta Mines, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.7%, Austria 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Moonta Mines, 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moonta Mines were No Religion 36.2%, Uniting Church 20.1%, Anglican 13.5%, Catholic 9.5% and Lutheran 3.2%.

In Moonta Mines 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moonta Mines. Of these 44.4% were employed full time, 37.5% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moonta Mines, 20.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moonta Mines was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Moonta Mines included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Labourers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Managers 9.0%, Professionals 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Moonta Mines, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 13.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.3%, School Education 7.6%, Building Completion Services 4.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moonta Mines was $363.

In Moonta Mines, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 9.0%, Other 2.1%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moonta Mines, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Mines, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moonta Mines, 34.6% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Moonta Mines 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moonta Mines, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Moonta Mines, of couple families with children, 12.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.6% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moonta Mines, 70.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonta Mines, 94.1% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Moonta Mines, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moonta Mines, 35.9% were owned outright, 42.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Moonta Mines, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Moonta Mines, 43.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Mines, 33.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moonta Mines, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) 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 Moonta Mines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Moonta Mines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.