Mooroolbark Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Mooroolbark (3138) is a suburb of Melbourne, East, Victoria. It is about 30 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Mooroolbark is in the federal electorate of Casey.

In the 2011 census the population of Mooroolbark was 20,689 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mooroolbark is 35 years of age.

78.1% of people living in the suburb of Mooroolbark were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Burma , 0.8% Netherlands, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% India, 0.7% China , 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% United States of America.

88.6% of people living in Mooroolbark speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Other, 1.2% Italian, 0.7% Mandarin, 0.5% German, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Mooroolbark is 29.3% No religion, 23.1% Catholic, 14.7% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 4.0% Baptist, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.2% Eastern Orthodox.

51.5% of people are married, 33.3% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 688 widowed people living in Mooroolbark.

60.0% of the people living in Mooroolbark 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. Mooroolbark has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Mooroolbark are 18.7% Technicians & trades workers, 16.4% Professionals, 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.0% Sales workers, 11.0% Managers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mooroolbark work in are 13.5% Manufacturing, 12.6% Retail trade, 12.3% Construction, 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 7.6% Education and training, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.1% Wholesale trade, 5.0% Accommodation and food services, 4.8% Public administration and safety.

32.5% of homes are fully owned, and 47.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $595 per week and the median household income is $1361 per week.

The median rent in Mooroolbark is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1746 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mooroolbark postcode 3138