Moorak

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 955 people in Moorak of these 59.3% were male and 40.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Moorak was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Moorak aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Moorak was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Moorak, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Moorak was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Moorak 43.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Moorak were Australian 30.4%, English 25.0%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 5.7% and German 5.6%.

In Moorak, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Netherlands 1.0%, South Africa 0.6% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3%.

In Moorak, 81.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Moorak were No Religion 23.4%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.1% and Uniting Church 7.5%.

In Moorak 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.8% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 446 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Moorak. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Moorak, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Moorak was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Moorak included Managers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5% and Labourers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Moorak, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, School Education 4.5%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.5% and Building Installation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Moorak was $579.

In Moorak, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.0%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 3.1%, Truck 2.8% and Other 0.7%. 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 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Moorak, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Moorak, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Moorak, 45.3% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Moorak 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Moorak, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,889 and those without children was $2,022.

Employment status of couple families

In Moorak, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Moorak, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Moorak, 93.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Moorak, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% 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 Moorak, 42.9% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Moorak, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Moorak, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Moorak, 17.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Moorak, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 89.3%) were male and 3 (or 10.7%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Moorak, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Moorak, 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.