Mossy Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 510 people in Mossy Point of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mossy Point was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Mossy Point aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mossy Point was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mossy Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mossy Point was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Mossy Point 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 24.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mossy Point were Australian 32.3%, English 29.7%, Irish 11.7%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.4%.

In Mossy Point, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Germany 1.6%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0% and Indonesia 0.8%.

In Mossy Point, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mossy Point were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 20.1%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Mossy Point 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.0%, Afrikaans 0.8%, French 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 238 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mossy Point. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mossy Point, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mossy Point was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mossy Point included Professionals 25.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Mossy Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Allied Health Services 6.3%, Hospitals 5.9%, Building Completion Services 5.0%, School Education 5.0% and Residential Building Construction 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mossy Point was $534.

In Mossy Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.1%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mossy Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.2% 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 Mossy Point, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 24.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mossy Point, 35.6% were couple families with children, 51.0% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Mossy Point 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mossy Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,714 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Mossy Point, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mossy Point, 51.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 49.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mossy Point, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mossy Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 39.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mossy Point, 48.5% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mossy Point, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Mossy Point, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Mossy Point, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mossy Point, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Mossy Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Mossy Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.