Mount Russell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 308 people in Mount Russell of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Russell was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Russell aged 15 years and over, 63.2% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Russell was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Russell, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Russell was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mount Russell 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.5% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Russell were English 36.1%, Australian 30.6%, Scottish 11.9%, Irish 11.6% and German 3.8%.

In Mount Russell, 95.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 1.6% and India 1.0%.

In Mount Russell, 91.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Russell were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 28.0%, No Religion 16.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.8% and Uniting Church 7.8%.

In Mount Russell 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Polish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Russell. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Russell, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Russell was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Russell included Managers 32.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Russell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.9%, School Education 5.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.0%, State Government Administration 5.0% and Local Government Administration 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Russell was $469.

In Mount Russell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Truck 4.9%, Walked only 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 2.1%. 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 65.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Russell, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Russell, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Russell, 51.1% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Russell 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Russell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Russell, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Russell, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Russell, 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 Mount Russell, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Russell, 40.2% were owned outright, 41.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Russell, of all households, 79.3% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Mount Russell, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Russell, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Russell, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Russell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Mount Russell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.