Murray Bridge East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,247 people in Murray Bridge East of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Murray Bridge East was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Murray Bridge East aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murray Bridge East was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Murray Bridge East, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murray Bridge East was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Murray Bridge East 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murray Bridge East were English 32.2%, Australian 30.6%, German 12.3%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 5.5%.

In Murray Bridge East, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Italy 1.4%, Netherlands 0.6%, Germany 0.3% and India 0.3%.

In Murray Bridge East, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murray Bridge East were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 16.4%, Lutheran 14.6%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Anglican 10.3%.

In Murray Bridge East 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Serbian 0.5%, Turkish 0.4%, German 0.3% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 640 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murray Bridge East. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murray Bridge East, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murray Bridge East was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Murray Bridge East included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Managers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Labourers 13.5%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Professionals 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Murray Bridge East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.5%, School Education 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Department Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murray Bridge East was $529.

In Murray Bridge East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 2.3%, Truck 1.8% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murray Bridge East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Murray Bridge East, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murray Bridge East, 42.9% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Murray Bridge East 31.0% of single parents were male and 69.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murray Bridge East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,855 and those without children was $1,702.

Employment status of couple families

In Murray Bridge East, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murray Bridge East, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Bridge East, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Murray Bridge East, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murray Bridge East, 41.6% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Murray Bridge East, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Murray Bridge East, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Murray Bridge East, 23.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murray Bridge East, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 44.1%) were male and 19 (or 55.9%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Murray Bridge East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Murray Bridge East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.