Murray Bridge Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Murray Bridge (5253) is a suburb of South, South East, South Australia. It is about 65 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Murray Bridge is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Murray Bridge was 13,892 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Murray Bridge is 39 years of age.

79.6% of people living in the suburb of Murray Bridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% England, 1.7% China , 1.4% New Zealand, 0.9% Philippines, 0.7% Italy, 0.5% India, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Afghanistan, 0.3% Turkey, 0.3% Sudan, 0.3% Taiwan, 0.2% Korea, Republic of .

83.4% of people living in Murray Bridge speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Mandarin, 1.4% Other, 0.9% Italian, 0.5% Turkish, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Filipino , 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Persian.

The religious makeup of Murray Bridge is 27.3% No religion, 14.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 13.1% Catholic, 10.9% Uniting Church, 10.9% Lutheran, 9.1% Anglican, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.5% Islam, 1.2% Presbyterian and Reformed.

43.1% of people are married, 35.2% have never married and 9.7% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 891 widowed people living in Murray Bridge.

54.5% of the people living in Murray Bridge over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.7% are working on a part time basis. Murray Bridge has an unemployment rate of 8.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Murray Bridge are 26.6% Labourers, 13.2% Technicians & trades workers, 11.4% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.0% Sales workers, 8.9% Managers, 8.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.7% Professionals, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Murray Bridge work in are 18.0% Manufacturing, 13.4% Retail trade, 12.1% Health care and social assistance, 7.3% Construction, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.4% Education and training, 4.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

28.7% of homes are fully owned, and 24.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 40.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $430 per week and the median household income is $765 per week.

The median rent in Murray Bridge is $180 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1192 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Murray Bridge postcode 5253