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Major Urban vs Major Urban

Section of State comparison ≈ 959 km apart · Major Urban profile · Major Urban profile

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Major Urban and Major Urban are two large city areas located nearly 1,000km apart. Major Urban has a much wealthier population, with a typical weekly household income of $2,871 compared to $1,527 in Major Urban. This is consistent with a more highly qualified workforce; 43% of adults in Major Urban hold a bachelor degree or higher, while the figure is 26.4% in Major Urban. Major Urban also has far more people earning high wages, with 22.1% of residents making $2,000 or more a week, compared to 9.7% in Major Urban.

Everyday life in both places shares many similarities, as they have nearly identical shares of people born overseas (around 29%) and those with no religion (44.2%). They also both have very high access to parks and public transport within a short walk. While Major Urban is younger and more mobile, with 46.1% of people moving in the last five years, the gap in Year 12 completion between the two areas has narrowed since 2011.

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Where they differ most

Year 12: 17.4 pts higher in Major Urban Bachelor+: 16.6 pts higher in Major Urban Population: 792,341 larger in Major Urban Personal income: $447 higher in Major Urban Household income: $845 higher in Major Urban

Demographics & Identity

Population in Major Urbanin Major Urban +792,341 larger in Major Urban gap steady
1,245,011 87th pct 452,670 77th pct
Median age in Major Urbanin Major Urban +4 yrs older in Major Urban gap steady
39 yrs 29th pct 35 yrs 10th pct
First Nations in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.2 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
1.7% 14th pct 2.0% 19th pct
Aged 65+ in Major Urbanin Major Urban +4.9 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
18.6% 58th pct 13.7% 34th pct
Under 15 in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.3 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
17.0% 47th pct 18.3% 71st pct
De facto in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.8 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
10.7% 4th pct 12.5% 43rd pct

Age structure

27.8% Young adults (25–44) +4.6 pts ▸ 32.4%
24.4% Older adults (45–64) ◂ +2.1 pts 22.3%
18.6% Seniors (65+) ◂ +4.9 pts 13.7%
17.0% Children (0–14) +1.3 pts ▸ 18.3%
12.3% Youth (15–24) +1.1 pts ▸ 13.3%

Marital status

45.1% Married +1.7 pts ▸ 46.8%
36.9% Never married +2.3 pts ▸ 39.2%
9.4% Divorced ◂ +1.6 pts 7.7%
5.5% Widowed ◂ +1.8 pts 3.7%
3.1% Separated ◂ +0.5 pts 2.5%

Age & sex structure

Major Urban Major Urban

Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.

Ancestry & Birthplace

Born overseas in Major Urbanin Major Urban even gap narrowing
28.9% 86th pct 28.8% 86th pct

Country of birth

67.5% Australia even 67.5%
5.4% England ◂ +2.5 pts 2.9%
3.4% India +0.4 pts ▸ 3.8%
2.0% China +0.7 pts ▸ 2.7%
1.3% Vietnam ◂ +0.4 pts 0.9%
0.6% Nepal +0.7 pts ▸ 1.3%
1.2% Italy ◂ +0.8 pts 0.4%
0.7% New Zealand +0.4 pts ▸ 1.1%
1.0% Philippines +0.1 pts ▸ 1.1%
0.5% South Africa even 0.5%

Ancestry

35.7% English ◂ +3.7 pts 32.0%
29.2% Australian +2.3 pts ▸ 31.5%
7.5% Irish +4.1 pts ▸ 11.6%
7.9% Scottish +2.1 pts ▸ 10.0%
7.1% Italian ◂ +3.8 pts 3.4%
6.3% German ◂ +2.1 pts 4.2%
4.5% Chinese +1.3 pts ▸ 5.7%
3.3% Indian +1.2 pts ▸ 4.5%
2.9% Greek ◂ +1.7 pts 1.2%
1.7% Vietnamese ◂ +0.4 pts 1.3%
1.6% Dutch +0.1 pts ▸ 1.7%
1.4% Filipino +0.2 pts ▸ 1.6%

Language

Other language in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.5 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
23.1% 80th pct 24.6% 82nd pct
Limited English in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.0 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
3.5% 78th pct 2.5% 73rd pct

Language used at home

73.0% English only ◂ +1.8 pts 71.2%
2.5% Mandarin +0.7 pts ▸ 3.2%
1.7% Italian ◂ +1.1 pts 0.6%
1.7% Vietnamese ◂ +0.5 pts 1.1%
1.6% Greek ◂ +1.0 pts 0.6%
1.5% Punjabi ◂ +0.4 pts 1.1%
0.8% Hindi +0.3 pts ▸ 1.1%
0.8% Cantonese +0.1 pts ▸ 0.9%
0.9% Arabic even 0.9%
0.4% Tagalog +0.1 pts ▸ 0.5%

Religion

No religion in Major Urbanin Major Urban even gap narrowing
44.2% 67th pct 44.2% 67th pct

Religious affiliation

44.2% No religion ◂ +0.1 pts 44.2%
40.0% Christianity ◂ +1.9 pts 38.1%
5.5% Not stated +0.2 pts ▸ 5.6%
2.9% Hinduism +1.6 pts ▸ 4.5%
3.1% Islam +0.2 pts ▸ 3.2%
2.4% Buddhism +0.4 pts ▸ 2.8%
1.8% Other religions ◂ +0.5 pts 1.3%
0.1% Judaism +0.1 pts ▸ 0.2%

Education & Qualifications

Year 12 in Major Urbanin Major Urban +17.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
59.6% 84th pct 77.1% 100th pct
Bachelor+ in Major Urbanin Major Urban +16.6 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
26.4% 85th pct 43.0% 100th pct

Highest year of school

59.6% Year 12 +17.4 pts ▸ 77.1%
14.4% Year 11 ◂ +10.9 pts 3.5%
12.5% Year 10 ◂ +2.0 pts 10.5%
8.7% Year 9 or below ◂ +4.4 pts 4.2%

Highest qualification level

28.8% Bachelor degree +5.2 pts ▸ 33.9%
26.7% Certificate III / IV ◂ +11.7 pts 15.0%
10.6% Postgraduate degree +9.4 pts ▸ 19.9%
14.7% Advanced diploma / diploma ◂ +1.7 pts 13.0%
4.0% Graduate diploma / certificate +2.3 pts ▸ 6.3%
2.1% Certificate I / II ◂ +0.8 pts 1.3%

Field of qualification

13.7% Society & culture +6.3 pts ▸ 20.1%
19.5% Management & commerce +0.6 pts ▸ 20.1%
13.9% Engineering & related ◂ +5.5 pts 8.4%
12.6% Health ◂ +3.9 pts 8.7%
7.9% Education ◂ +0.9 pts 6.9%
3.4% Information technology +4.2 pts ▸ 7.6%
3.4% Natural & physical sciences +2.3 pts ▸ 5.6%
5.0% Food, hospitality & personal services ◂ +1.7 pts 3.3%
4.7% Architecture & building ◂ +0.8 pts 3.9%
3.6% Creative arts +0.6 pts ▸ 4.2%
1.5% Agriculture & environment +0.1 pts ▸ 1.6%

Income

Personal income in Major Urbanin Major Urban +$447 higher in Major Urban gap widening
$757 56th pct $1,204 84th pct
Household income in Major Urbanin Major Urban +$845 higher in Major Urban gap widening
$1,527 44th pct $2,372 88th pct
Family income in Major Urbanin Major Urban +$899 higher in Major Urban gap widening
$1,972 57th pct $2,871 95th pct
High earners in Major Urbanin Major Urban +12.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
9.7% 58th pct 22.1% 93rd pct
High-income homes in Major Urbanin Major Urban +18.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
17.9% 52nd pct 36.4% 94th pct

Household income distribution

29.7% $1,500–$2,999 +2.9 pts ▸ 32.6%
28.8% $650–$1,499 ◂ +11.3 pts 17.5%
8.9% $4,000 or more +13.0 pts ▸ 21.9%
17.5% Under $650 ◂ +9.0 pts 8.6%
9.1% $3,000–$3,999 +5.4 pts ▸ 14.5%

Personal income distribution

42.2% Under $650 ◂ +14.4 pts 27.9%
33.1% $650–$1,499 ◂ +3.4 pts 29.7%
16.3% $1,500–$2,999 +13.5 pts ▸ 29.8%
3.4% $3,000 or more +4.4 pts ▸ 7.8%

Health & Disability

Health condition in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.0 pts higher in Major Urban
30.0% 64th pct 28.1% 53rd pct
Mental health in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.2 pts higher in Major Urban
9.8% 62nd pct 10.0% 65th pct
Needs assistance in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.1 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
6.7% 82nd pct 4.6% 42nd pct

Long-term health conditions reported

9.8% Mental health +0.2 pts ▸ 10.0%
8.9% Other condition +0.8 pts ▸ 9.7%
9.4% Arthritis ◂ +1.7 pts 7.7%
8.6% Asthma +0.3 pts ▸ 9.0%
5.5% Diabetes ◂ +1.6 pts 3.9%
4.4% Heart disease ◂ +1.3 pts 3.1%
3.1% Cancer ◂ +0.4 pts 2.7%
1.8% Lung condition ◂ +0.5 pts 1.3%
1.0% Stroke ◂ +0.3 pts 0.7%
1.0% Dementia ◂ +0.4 pts 0.6%

Number of long-term health conditions

63.8% None +2.1 pts ▸ 66.0%
19.9% One condition ◂ +0.1 pts 19.8%
6.6% Two conditions ◂ +0.8 pts 5.8%
3.6% Three or more ◂ +1.1 pts 2.4%

Community Participation

Volunteering in Major Urbanin Major Urban +3.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
15.0% 43rd pct 18.4% 67th pct
Unpaid carers in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.0 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
13.0% 74th pct 12.0% 57th pct
Unpaid child care in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.5 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
26.8% 78th pct 28.3% 87th pct
Defence service in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.9 pts higher in Major Urban
3.0% 32nd pct 6.0% 93rd pct
Housework 15h+ in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.9 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
20.2% 50th pct 19.3% 42nd pct

Family & Households

Household size in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.1 larger in Major Urban gap narrowing
2.4 29th pct 2.5 57th pct
One-parent in Major Urbanin Major Urban +3.5 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
15.4% 60th pct 11.9% 27th pct
Living alone in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.6 pts higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
28.4% 65th pct 25.8% 47th pct

Family composition

56.5% Couples with children +3.3 pts ▸ 59.8%
26.8% Couples without children +0.4 pts ▸ 27.2%
15.4% One-parent families ◂ +3.5 pts 11.9%
1.3% Other families ◂ +0.3 pts 1.1%

Household size

33.3% 2 people ◂ +0.6 pts 32.7%
28.4% 1 person ◂ +2.6 pts 25.8%
15.9% 3 people +0.7 pts ▸ 16.5%
14.7% 4 people +1.7 pts ▸ 16.4%
5.3% 5 people +0.7 pts ▸ 6.0%
2.4% 6 or more +0.1 pts ▸ 2.5%

Housing & Dwellings

Rent in Major Urbanin Major Urban +$130 higher in Major Urban gap widening
$320 69th pct $450 100th pct
Mortgage in Major Urbanin Major Urban +$528 higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
$1,552 48th pct $2,080 88th pct
People / bedroom in Major Urbanin Major Urban even gap steady
0.80 29th pct 0.80 29th pct
Renting in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.0 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
29.7% 53rd pct 30.7% 58th pct
Owned outright in Major Urbanin Major Urban +3.9 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
30.5% 36th pct 26.6% 17th pct
Separate houses in Major Urbanin Major Urban +10.0 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
73.1% 20th pct 63.1% 9th pct
3+ bedrooms in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.7 pts higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
75.7% 48th pct 73.0% 37th pct

How homes are owned or rented

36.2% Owned with a mortgage +4.0 pts ▸ 40.2%
29.7% Rented +1.0 pts ▸ 30.7%
30.5% Owned outright ◂ +3.9 pts 26.6%
2.4% Other tenure ◂ +0.8 pts 1.6%
1.2% Not stated ◂ +0.3 pts 0.9%

Types of homes

73.1% Separate house ◂ +10.0 pts 63.1%
9.0% Flat or apartment +10.5 pts ▸ 19.4%
17.5% Townhouse / semi-detached ◂ +0.3 pts 17.2%
0.2% Other dwelling ◂ +0.1 pts 0.1%

Bedrooms per home

52.0% 3 bedrooms ◂ +14.8 pts 37.1%
19.9% 4 bedrooms +8.8 pts ▸ 28.8%
19.6% 2 bedrooms ◂ +2.1 pts 17.5%
3.5% 1 bedroom +5.0 pts ▸ 8.4%
3.8% 5 or more +3.3 pts ▸ 7.1%
0.2% Studio / none +0.1 pts ▸ 0.2%

Weekly rent distribution

34.2% $350–$549 +11.6 pts ▸ 45.8%
41.3% $200–$349 ◂ +28.8 pts 12.4%
3.6% $550–$749 +17.6 pts ▸ 21.2%
16.8% Under $200 ◂ +4.4 pts 12.5%
1.0% $750 or more +4.0 pts ▸ 5.0%

Monthly mortgage distribution

39.5% $1,000–$1,799 ◂ +13.9 pts 25.6%
26.1% $1,800–$2,999 +12.4 pts ▸ 38.5%
10.0% $3,000 or more +10.8 pts ▸ 20.9%
19.5% Under $1,000 ◂ +8.4 pts 11.0%

Transport & Vehicles

No car in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.6 pts higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
8.1% 81st pct 5.6% 52nd pct
Work from home in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
9.5% 49th pct 10.9% 56th pct
PT commute in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.7 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
5.3% 87th pct 4.6% 81st pct

How people get to work

63.0% Car (driver) ◂ +4.0 pts 59.0%
9.5% Worked at home +1.4 pts ▸ 10.9%
4.3% Car (passenger) +0.7 pts ▸ 5.0%
4.0% Bus ◂ +0.4 pts 3.6%
1.9% Walked +2.1 pts ▸ 4.0%
1.1% Bicycle +1.0 pts ▸ 2.1%
0.9% Train ◂ +0.8 pts 0.0%

Motor vehicles per home

38.2% 1 vehicle +1.1 pts ▸ 39.3%
36.6% 2 vehicles +2.1 pts ▸ 38.7%
11.3% 3 vehicles ◂ +0.4 pts 10.9%
8.1% No vehicle ◂ +2.6 pts 5.6%
5.8% 4 or more ◂ +0.3 pts 5.5%

Migration & Movement

Recent movers in Major Urbanin Major Urban +7.8 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
38.4% 53rd pct 46.1% 82nd pct
Recent arrivals in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.4 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
16.3% 67th pct 16.7% 69th pct

Jobs & Industry

Unemployment in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.8 pts higher in Major Urban gap steady
5.7% 61st pct 3.8% 23rd pct
Participation in Major Urbanin Major Urban +8.1 pts higher in Major Urban gap narrowing
61.5% 74th pct 69.6% 99th pct
Full-time in Major Urbanin Major Urban +8.3 pts higher in Major Urban gap widening
57.5% 49th pct 65.8% 81st pct

Industries people work in

7.1% Public administration & safety +22.7 pts ▸ 29.8%
17.4% Health care & social assistance ◂ +5.9 pts 11.5%
7.2% Professional & technical +3.7 pts ▸ 10.9%
9.7% Retail trade ◂ +3.3 pts 6.5%
9.0% Education & training +0.4 pts ▸ 9.4%
8.2% Construction ◂ +1.6 pts 6.6%
6.7% Accommodation & food ◂ +0.3 pts 6.3%
6.6% Manufacturing ◂ +5.0 pts 1.7%
4.2% Transport & warehousing ◂ +2.1 pts 2.1%
4.0% Other services ◂ +1.1 pts 2.9%
3.9% Administrative & support ◂ +1.3 pts 2.6%
3.3% Finance & insurance ◂ +1.8 pts 1.4%

Occupations people work in

23.9% Professionals +7.6 pts ▸ 31.5%
11.8% Managers +6.1 pts ▸ 17.8%
13.2% Clerical & administrative +1.3 pts ▸ 14.6%
13.3% Community & personal service ◂ +2.4 pts 10.9%
12.7% Technicians & trades ◂ +3.1 pts 9.6%
9.3% Labourers ◂ +4.4 pts 5.0%
8.5% Sales workers ◂ +2.4 pts 6.1%
5.5% Machinery operators & drivers ◂ +3.1 pts 2.4%

Walkability

Walk score in Major Urbanin Major Urban even
7.0 96th pct 7.0 96th pct
Types ≤15 min in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.1 more in Major Urban
6.7 99th pct 6.5 96th pct
15-min city in Major Urbanin Major Urban +3.7 pts higher in Major Urban
86.2% 100th pct 82.5% 96th pct
Walk to shops in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.2 pts higher in Major Urban
81.8% 92nd pct 80.6% 90th pct
Walk to transit in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.0 pts higher in Major Urban
97.3% 98th pct 98.2% 100th pct
Walk to school in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.0 pts higher in Major Urban
87.0% 96th pct 86.0% 94th pct
Walk to a park in Major Urbanin Major Urban +0.5 pts higher in Major Urban
99.2% 96th pct 99.7% 99th pct
Walk to health in Major Urbanin Major Urban +2.9 pts higher in Major Urban
67.7% 97th pct 64.8% 93rd pct
Amenities/1k in Major Urbanin Major Urban +4.3 more in Major Urban
14.5 24th pct 18.8 46th pct
Intersections/km² in Major Urbanin Major Urban +65 higher in Major Urban
181 93rd pct 246 100th pct
Mean slope in Major Urbanin Major Urban +1.1 pts higher in Major Urban
4.5% 27th pct 5.5% 51st pct

Compare Major Urban with nearby areas

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Compare Major Urban with nearby areas

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Major Urban vs Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sos/SOS40/major-urban/vs/SOS80/major-urban