Mornington Peninsula (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 144,608 people in Mornington Peninsula (S) of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mornington Peninsula (S) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.5% of the population.

Of people in Mornington Peninsula (S) aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mornington Peninsula (S) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mornington Peninsula (S) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mornington Peninsula (S) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mornington Peninsula (S) were English 33.2%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.8%.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.1%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), 61.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mornington Peninsula (S) were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 21.1%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Mornington Peninsula (S) 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.7%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 66,623 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mornington Peninsula (S). Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mornington Peninsula (S), 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mornington Peninsula (S) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mornington Peninsula (S) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Professionals 18.2%, Managers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Mornington Peninsula (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mornington Peninsula (S) was $538.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.0%, Truck 1.1% and Train, car as driver 0.7%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mornington Peninsula (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mornington Peninsula (S), 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mornington Peninsula (S), 41.0% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Mornington Peninsula (S) 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mornington Peninsula (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,161 and those without children was $1,918.

Employment status of couple families

In Mornington Peninsula (S), of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mornington Peninsula (S), 66.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mornington Peninsula (S), 85.1% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mornington Peninsula (S), 38.7% were owned outright, 36.5% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mornington Peninsula (S), of all households, 71.4% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mornington Peninsula (S), 33.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mornington Peninsula (S), there were 974 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 482 (or 49.5%) were male and 492 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,034.

In Mornington Peninsula (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.