Moore Creek Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Moore Creek (2340) is a suburb of Regional NSW, North West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 319 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Moore Creek is in the federal electorate of New England.

In the 2011 census the population of Moore Creek was 1,541 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Moore Creek is 39 years of age.

91.3% of people living in the suburb of Moore Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.1% England, 0.6% India, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Malta, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Italy, 0.2% Ireland.

96.0% of people living in Moore Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Maltese, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Polish.

The religious makeup of Moore Creek is 33.9% Anglican, 29.3% Catholic, 13.0% No religion, 6.5% Uniting Church, 4.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.0% Baptist, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Pentecostal, 0.7% Brethren.

67.1% of people are married, 21.7% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 33 widowed people living in Moore Creek.

59.8% of the people living in Moore Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.5% are working on a part time basis. Moore Creek has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Moore Creek are 23.7% Professionals, 14.9% Managers, 14.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.1% Technicians & trades workers, 8.9% Sales workers, 8.9% Labourers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Moore Creek work in are 15.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.8% Education and training, 11.0% Retail trade, 8.4% Public administration and safety, 8.2% Construction, 6.9% Manufacturing, 4.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.5% Other services, 4.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

36.7% of homes are fully owned, and 54.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $680 per week and the median household income is $1516 per week.

The median rent in Moore Creek is $175 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1842 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Moore Creek postcode 2340