Moranbah Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Moranbah (4744) is a suburb of Central, Central Outback, Queensland. It is about 789 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Moranbah is in the federal electorate of Capricornia.

In the 2011 census the population of Moranbah was 8,965 and is comprised of approximately 44.5% females and 55.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Moranbah is 29 years of age.

80.3% of people living in the suburb of Moranbah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% New Zealand, 1.2% Philippines, 1.1% South Africa, 1.0% England, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% India, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% China , 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Canada, 0.1% Indonesia.

87.6% of people living in Moranbah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Other, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Filipino , 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Other, 0.1% Indonesian, 0.1% French.

The religious makeup of Moranbah is 28.4% Catholic, 22.9% No religion, 18.6% Anglican, 10.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.7% Uniting Church, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.2% Pentecostal, 0.8% Baptist.

52.5% of people are married, 36.4% have never married and 6.8% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 66 widowed people living in Moranbah.

72.5% of the people living in Moranbah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 17.9% are working on a part time basis. Moranbah has an unemployment rate of 2.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Moranbah are 24.8% Technicians & trades workers, 23.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.4% Professionals, 10.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.1% Labourers, 7.3% Managers, 5.4% Sales workers, 5.1% Community & personal service workers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Moranbah work in are 44.2% Mining, 7.0% Construction, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.0% Retail trade, 5.4% Education and training, 3.7% Health care and social assistance, 3.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.2% Administrative and support services, 3.1% Public administration and safety.

14.7% of homes are fully owned, and 15.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 67.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1275 per week and the median household income is $2778 per week.

The median rent in Moranbah is $80 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2340 per month.

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