Mount Alexander (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,591 people in Mount Alexander (S) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Alexander (S) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Alexander (S) aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Alexander (S) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mount Alexander (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Alexander (S) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Mount Alexander (S) 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Alexander (S) were English 31.3%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 9.3% and German 3.3%.

In Mount Alexander (S), 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Mount Alexander (S), 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Alexander (S) were No Religion 36.6%, Anglican 14.5%, Catholic 13.5%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Mount Alexander (S) 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, French 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Japanese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 7,807 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Alexander (S). Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Alexander (S), 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Alexander (S) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Alexander (S) included Professionals 21.5%, Managers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Labourers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Alexander (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.1%, School Education 5.5%, Medical Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Alexander (S) was $460.

In Mount Alexander (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Walked only 5.0%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Train 2.7% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Alexander (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Mount Alexander (S), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Alexander (S), 36.7% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Mount Alexander (S) 20.2% of single parents were male and 79.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Alexander (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,813 and those without children was $1,504.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Alexander (S), of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Alexander (S), 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Alexander (S), 93.5% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Alexander (S), of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Alexander (S), 45.5% were owned outright, 32.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Alexander (S), of all households, 64.8% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Mount Alexander (S), 35.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Mount Alexander (S), 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Alexander (S), there were 176 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 103 (or 58.5%) were male and 73 (or 41.5%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Mount Alexander (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $570.

In Mount Alexander (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.