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Lower Moira vs Yambuna
Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 7.3 km apart · Lower Moira profile · Yambuna profile
Lower Moira Yambuna
Yambuna and Lower Moira are neighbouring rural areas, but they have very different populations. Yambuna is much younger, with a typical resident aged 34 and 23.9% of people being children. This helps explain why 32.1% of adults there provide unpaid childcare. In contrast, Lower Moira is far older, with a typical age of 59 and 30% of its residents aged 65 or over. These two areas also differ in income and health; Yambuna has a far higher typical weekly household income of $1,850 compared to $1,062 in Lower Moira, where long-term health conditions are far more common at 43.3%.
Both areas are similar in that their typical personal weekly income sits near the national figure. They also share a lack of local services, with neither area having any homes within a 15-minute walk of a school, health services, or groceries. While Yambuna is more likely to have adults working or looking for work, Lower Moira has seen more movement lately, with 53.3% of residents arriving in the last five years.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2016: 25
- First area, 2021: 30
- Second area, 2016: 110
- Second area, 2021: 109
- First area, 2016: 56 yrs
- First area, 2021: 59 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 34 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 34 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 85+ in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 80–84 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 20.0% females; 80–84 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 75–79 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 75–79 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 70–74 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 70–74 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 65–69 in Lower Moira: 13.3% males, 0.0% females; 65–69 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 6.3% females
- 60–64 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 16.7% females; 60–64 in Yambuna: 5.3% males, 0.0% females
- 55–59 in Lower Moira: 20.0% males, 0.0% females; 55–59 in Yambuna: 7.4% males, 0.0% females
- 50–54 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 10.0% females; 50–54 in Yambuna: 3.2% males, 6.3% females
- 45–49 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 45–49 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 40–44 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 40–44 in Yambuna: 8.4% males, 4.2% females
- 35–39 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 35–39 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 30–34 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 30–34 in Yambuna: 5.3% males, 7.4% females
- 25–29 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 20.0% females; 25–29 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 0.0% females
- 20–24 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 20–24 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 4.2% females
- 15–19 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 15–19 in Yambuna: 8.4% males, 4.2% females
- 10–14 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 10–14 in Yambuna: 6.3% males, 7.4% females
- 5–9 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 5–9 in Yambuna: 8.4% males, 4.2% females
- 0–4 in Lower Moira: 0.0% males, 0.0% females; 0–4 in Yambuna: 0.0% males, 3.2% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2016: $762
- First area, 2021: $758
- Second area, 2016: $567
- Second area, 2021: $706
- First area, 2016: $725
- First area, 2021: $1,062
- Second area, 2016: $1,458
- Second area, 2021: $1,850
- First area, 2016: $1,875
- First area, 2021: $1,312
- Second area, 2016: $1,550
- Second area, 2021: $1,875
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2016: 1.4
- First area, 2021: 2.0
- Second area, 2016: 2.9
- Second area, 2021: 3.1
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2021: $825
- Second area, 2016: $1,560
- Second area, 2021: $1,168
- First area, 2016: 0.70
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2016: 0.90
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Lower Moira vs Yambuna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL21545/lower-moira/vs/SAL22897/yambuna