Mount Colah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,106 people in Mount Colah of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Colah was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Colah aged 15 years and over, 57.1% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Colah was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Colah, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Colah was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Colah 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 24.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Colah were Australian 28.3%, English 27.5%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.0% and Chinese 3.1%.

In Mount Colah, 72.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, India 1.7%, South Africa 1.2% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Mount Colah, 50.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Colah were Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 23.1%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Mount Colah 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 1.7%, Mandarin 1.3%, Italian 1.0%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.9% and Hindi 0.9%.

Employment

There were 4,059 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Colah. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Colah, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Colah was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Colah included Professionals 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Managers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Colah, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Colah was $710.

In Mount Colah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Train 13.0%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 3.6% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 21.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Colah, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Colah, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Colah, 59.1% were couple families with children, 28.4% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Colah 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Colah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,754 and those without children was $2,506.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Colah, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Colah, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Colah, 91.8% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Mount Colah, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 6.6% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Colah, 35.8% were owned outright, 48.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Colah, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Mount Colah, 11.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.9% 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 Mount Colah, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Colah, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 58.8%) were male and 14 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Colah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Mount Colah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,876.