Mole River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 445 people in Mole River of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mole River was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Mole River aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mole River was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Mole River, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mole River was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Mole River 36.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 9.9% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mole River were English 30.0%, Australian 20.3%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.7% and German 5.6%.

In Mole River, 73.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Germany 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Italy 1.1% and Finland 0.9%.

In Mole River, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mole River were Anglican 19.4%, Catholic 18.3%, No Religion 17.6%, Christian, nfd 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Mole River 77.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.6%, German 1.1% and Japanese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mole River. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mole River, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mole River was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Mole River included Managers 35.8%, Labourers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Professionals 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Mole River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 5.3%, Local Government Administration 4.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mole River was $349.

In Mole River, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 43.7%, Walked only 7.3%, Car, as passenger 6.6% and Truck 5.3%. 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 46.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mole River, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.9% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 Mole River, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mole River, 27.9% were couple families with children, 57.7% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Mole River 53.3% of single parents were male and 46.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mole River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Mole River, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mole River, 66.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mole River, 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 Mole River, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mole River, 57.3% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mole River, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Mole River, 49.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Mole River, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mole River, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Mole River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

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