Mount Annan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,540 people in Mount Annan of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Annan was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Annan aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Annan was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Mount Annan, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Annan was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mount Annan 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Annan were Australian 32.4%, English 26.1%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.1% and Italian 3.3%.

In Mount Annan, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Philippines 0.8%, South Africa 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Mount Annan, 58.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Annan were Catholic 34.6%, Anglican 26.2%, No Religion 14.2%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Mount Annan 85.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.7%, Italian 0.7%, Arabic 0.7%, Hindi 0.6% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 5,868 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Annan. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Annan, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Annan was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Annan included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Labourers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Annan, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Annan was $784.

In Mount Annan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 3.6%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Annan, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.4% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Annan, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Annan, 61.7% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Mount Annan 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Annan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,433 and those without children was $2,320.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Annan, of couple families with children, 32.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Annan, 97.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Annan, 90.8% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Annan, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 26.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Annan, 17.2% were owned outright, 66.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Annan, of all households, 90.0% were family households, 8.5% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Mount Annan, 8.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% 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 Annan, 22.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Annan, there were 229 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 116 (or 50.7%) were male and 113 (or 49.3%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Annan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,092.

In Mount Annan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.