Mount Pleasant

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,986 people were counted in Mount Pleasant: of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant there were 551 children aged 0-14 years and 301 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 1,859 people were Australian citizens, 105 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 45.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 6.5% were widowed and 37.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 89.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mount Pleasant were England 1.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5%, United States of America 0.5% and Poland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Mount Pleasant on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.5%, Serbian 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Samoan 0.3% and Polish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 848 people aged 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant were in the labour force. Of these 54.8% worked full-time, 31.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.3% were unemployed. 536 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.2%, Health Services 4.8%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Business Services 3.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 522 families were counted: of these, 30.5% were couple families without children, 42.3% were couple families with children, 24.5% were one parent families and 2.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 738 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mount Pleasant, 92.1% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.9% were being purchased and 28.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 35.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 22.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mount Pleasant, 70.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.9% were single (or lone) person households and 4.7% were group households.