Murray Bridge East Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Murray Bridge East (5253) is a suburb of South, South East, South Australia. It is about 68 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Murray Bridge East is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Murray Bridge East was 1,247 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Murray Bridge East is 43 years of age.

86.5% of people living in the suburb of Murray Bridge East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.4% England, 1.4% Italy, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.4% Turkey, 0.4% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% New Zealand, 0.3% Croatia, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Germany.

93.1% of people living in Murray Bridge East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Italian, 0.6% Other, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% Serbian, 0.2% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Murray Bridge East is 26.8% No religion, 16.5% Catholic, 14.6% Lutheran, 13.7% Uniting Church, 10.3% Anglican, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Presbyterian and Reformed.

57.7% of people are married, 26.6% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 46 widowed people living in Murray Bridge East.

59.4% of the people living in Murray Bridge East 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. Murray Bridge East has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Murray Bridge East are 15.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.9% Managers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.3% Labourers, 12.5% Sales workers, 10.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Professionals, 9.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Murray Bridge East work in are 14.6% Retail trade, 13.8% Manufacturing, 10.0% Health care and social assistance, 7.5% Construction, 6.3% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Other services, 5.3% Education and training, 5.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.7% Accommodation and food services.

42.2% of homes are fully owned, and 41.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $529 per week and the median household income is $1067 per week.

The median rent in Murray Bridge East is $225 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1213 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Murray Bridge East postcode 5253