Murtho

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 419 people in Murtho of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Murtho was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Murtho aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murtho was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Murtho, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murtho was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Murtho 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.9% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murtho were Australian 32.0%, English 22.5%, German 15.5%, Scottish 5.4% and Italian 5.1%.

In Murtho, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Cook Islands 0.7%, England 0.7%, Germany 0.7%, Greece 0.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Murtho, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murtho were No Religion 23.5%, Catholic 20.6%, Lutheran 18.0%, Anglican 8.2% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Murtho 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.7%, Italian 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0%, Dutch 0.7% and Maori (Cook Island) 0.7%.

Employment

There were 227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murtho. Of these 65.6% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murtho, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Murtho included Managers 37.1%, Labourers 26.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.8%, Sales Workers 3.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Murtho, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 34.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.5%, School Education 3.6%, Beverage Manufacturing 2.7% and Medical Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murtho was $573.

In Murtho, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.2%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3% and Motorbike/scooter 2.3%. 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 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murtho, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Murtho, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murtho, 39.7% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Murtho, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,292 and those without children was $1,708.

Employment status of couple families

In Murtho, of couple families with children, 34.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murtho, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murtho, 87.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.8% were other dwellings.

In Murtho, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murtho, 35.8% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Murtho, of all households, 73.6% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Murtho, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Murtho, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murtho, 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 11 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 Murtho, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Murtho, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.