Marys Mount

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 224 people in Marys Mount of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Marys Mount was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Marys Mount aged 15 years and over, 71.4% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marys Mount was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Marys Mount, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marys Mount was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Marys Mount 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were in primary school, 10.6% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marys Mount were Australian 36.5%, English 28.7%, Irish 13.2%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.7%.

In Marys Mount, 92.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.3%.

In Marys Mount, 94.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marys Mount were Anglican 41.1%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 11.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.8% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Marys Mount 96.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marys Mount. Of these 65.6% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marys Mount, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marys Mount was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Marys Mount included Managers 45.2%, Professionals 20.2%, Labourers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.2% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Marys Mount, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 51.6%, School Education 7.3%, Medical Services 4.8%, Coal Mining 4.0% and Tertiary Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marys Mount was $540.

In Marys Mount, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.2%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 3.2%, Truck, motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Car, as passenger 2.4%. 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 45.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marys Mount, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.4% 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 Marys Mount, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marys Mount, 45.3% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Marys Mount 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marys Mount, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,650 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Marys Mount, of couple families with children, 28.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marys Mount, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marys Mount, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Marys Mount, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marys Mount, 42.1% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Marys Mount, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Marys Mount, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Marys Mount, 16.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marys Mount, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Marys Mount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Marys Mount, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.