North Moonta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 547 people in North Moonta of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Moonta was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.9% of the population.

Of people in North Moonta aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Moonta was 67 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North Moonta, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% 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 North Moonta was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North Moonta 14.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.5% were in primary school, 38.0% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Moonta were English 43.3%, Australian 31.8%, Scottish 6.7%, German 6.0% and Irish 3.4%.

In North Moonta, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, Scotland 1.8%, Germany 1.1%, Guernsey 0.5% and Northern Ireland 0.5%.

In North Moonta, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Moonta were Uniting Church 32.1%, No Religion 20.5%, Anglican 15.4%, Catholic 11.7% and Baptist 3.1%.

In North Moonta 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Spanish 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Moonta. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Moonta, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Moonta was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in North Moonta included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Labourers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Managers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in North Moonta, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 5.7%, Residential Building Construction 5.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Moonta was $367.

In North Moonta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 9.6%, Walked only 3.2%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.9%. 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 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Moonta, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.9% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 North Moonta, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Moonta, 27.9% were couple families with children, 63.6% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In North Moonta 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Moonta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In North Moonta, of couple families with children, 7.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Moonta, 78.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Moonta, 72.4% were separate houses, 27.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Moonta, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 56.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Moonta, 42.4% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In North Moonta, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In North Moonta, 38.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 North Moonta, 46.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Moonta, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 11 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 North Moonta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In North Moonta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758.