Mount Morgan (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,773 people were counted in Mount Morgan (S): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 10.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S) there were 560 children aged 0-14 years and 948 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 2,537 people were Australian citizens, 236 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 45.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 10.8% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 84.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mount Morgan (S) were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Mount Morgan (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.3%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 8.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Spanish 0.3%, German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Hungarian 0.1% and Italian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 789 people aged 15 years and over in Mount Morgan (S) were in the labour force. Of these 44.7% worked full-time, 26.5% worked part-time, 5.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 23.4% were unemployed. 1,286 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.1%, Associate Professionals 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.0%, Professionals 2.5%, Managers and Administrators 1.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mount Morgan (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 3.1%, Education 2.4%, Government Administration 2.0%, Community Services 1.9% and Food Retailing 1.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 725 families were counted: of these, 41.8% were couple families without children, 33.7% were couple families with children, 21.8% were one parent families and 2.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 1,189 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mount Morgan (S), 93.0% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 55.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.5% were being purchased and 19.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 20.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 75.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Morgan (S), 60.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.