Mount Austin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,999 people in Mount Austin of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Austin was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Austin aged 15 years and over, 34.6% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Austin was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mount Austin, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Austin was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Austin 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Austin were Australian 36.8%, English 29.0%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.6%.

In Mount Austin, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.3%, South Africa 0.3% and Uganda 0.3%.

In Mount Austin, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Austin were Catholic 29.2%, Anglican 26.8%, No Religion 15.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Mount Austin 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kirundi (Rundi) 0.3%, German 0.2%, Krio 0.2%, Pashto 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,727 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Austin. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Austin, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Austin was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Austin included Labourers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Professionals 13.4%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Managers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Austin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Austin was $435.

In Mount Austin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 10.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Bicycle 1.6% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Austin, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Austin, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Austin, 32.2% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 28.6% were one parent families.

In Mount Austin 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Austin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Austin, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Austin, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Austin, 91.8% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Austin, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 55.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Austin, 26.8% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 39.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Austin, of all households, 63.2% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Mount Austin, 37.0% 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 Mount Austin, 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Austin, there were 394 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 199 (or 50.5%) were male and 195 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Austin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $656.

In Mount Austin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $173 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.