Mangrove Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 725 people in Mangrove Mountain of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mangrove Mountain was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Mangrove Mountain aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mangrove Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mangrove Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mangrove Mountain was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Mangrove Mountain 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mangrove Mountain were Australian 29.2%, English 25.1%, Scottish 7.3%, Italian 7.0% and Greek 6.2%.

In Mangrove Mountain, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Malta 1.8%, Italy 1.7%, Greece 1.4% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Mangrove Mountain, 59.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mangrove Mountain were Catholic 28.8%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 18.5%, Eastern Orthodox 5.8% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Mangrove Mountain 79.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.8%, Italian 3.5%, Arabic 2.9%, Maltese 2.1% and Macedonian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 372 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mangrove Mountain. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mangrove Mountain, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mangrove Mountain was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mangrove Mountain included Managers 34.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Professionals 11.8%, Labourers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Mangrove Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Poultry Farming 8.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.6%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 5.0%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.5% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mangrove Mountain was $496.

In Mangrove Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.5%, Walked only 12.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mangrove Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 Mangrove Mountain, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mangrove Mountain, 46.6% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Mangrove Mountain 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mangrove Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,924 and those without children was $1,446.

Employment status of couple families

In Mangrove Mountain, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mangrove Mountain, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mangrove Mountain, 84.5% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Mangrove Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mangrove Mountain, 40.9% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mangrove Mountain, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Mangrove Mountain, 22.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.6% 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 Mangrove Mountain, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mangrove Mountain, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 56.2%) were male and 7 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Mangrove Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Mangrove Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,478.