Mount Druitt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 85,351 people in Mount Druitt of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Druitt was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Druitt aged 15 years and over, 48.2% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Druitt was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Druitt, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Druitt was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mount Druitt 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Druitt were Australian 19.6%, English 16.5%, Filipino 11.1%, Indian 4.2% and Irish 3.6%.

In Mount Druitt, 55.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 10.2%, Fiji 3.2%, New Zealand 3.1%, India 2.2% and Pakistan 1.7%.

In Mount Druitt, 32.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Druitt were Catholic 36.5%, Anglican 13.7%, No Religion 9.1%, Islam 8.6% and Hinduism 4.1%.

In Mount Druitt 54.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 6.5%, Arabic 4.1%, Hindi 3.8%, Filipino 3.4% and Urdu 2.6%.

Employment

There were 37,158 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Druitt. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Druitt, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Druitt was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Druitt included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Labourers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Professionals 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Druitt, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Hospitals 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Residential Care Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Druitt was $488.

In Mount Druitt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Train 9.0%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Train, bus 2.9% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. On the day, 17.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Druitt, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.5% 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 Druitt, 21.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Druitt, 53.5% were couple families with children, 21.3% were couple families without children and 23.6% were one parent families.

In Mount Druitt 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Druitt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,116 and those without children was $1,837.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Druitt, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Druitt, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Druitt, 80.0% were separate houses, 13.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Druitt, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 58.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Druitt, 19.4% were owned outright, 42.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Druitt, of all households, 83.6% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Mount Druitt, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Druitt, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Druitt, there were 3,458 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,742 (or 50.4%) were male and 1,716 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Druitt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $911.

In Mount Druitt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $195 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.