Moreton Bay Region

''This article is about the local government area. For the bay, see Moreton Bay.''

The Moreton Bay Region is the local government area that makes up the northern part of Greater Brisbane. The area is home to 425,302 people as of the 2016 census. Moreton Bay Regional Council is the government authority for the area.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, the Moreton Bay Region recorded a population of 425,302 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Moreton Bay population was 38 years, same as the national median. 74.3% of people living in Moreton Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (5.0%), England (4.9%), South Africa (1.1%), the Philippines (0.8%) and Scotland (0.6%).

Moreton Bay is a predominantly family local government area with 76.3% of households being family households. Of these family households, 61.4% have children. The other households are single-person households (20.7%) and group households (3.1%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, the Moreton Bay Region had an unemployment rate of 7.7%, 0.8% higher than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.1%), supermarket and grocery stores (2.8%), primary education (2.6%), aged care residential services (2.4%) and takeaway food services (2.3%).

The weekly median household income was $1,413 (annually $73,476) and the weekly median personal income was $652 (annually $33,904).