Mount Vernon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,036 people in Mount Vernon of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Vernon was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Vernon aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 4.6% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Mount Vernon, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Vernon was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Vernon 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Vernon were Italian 26.4%, Australian 14.0%, English 10.9%, Maltese 9.5% and Croatian 4.5%.

In Mount Vernon, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.6%, Iraq 2.4%, Croatia 2.3%, Malta 2.3% and England 1.4%.

In Mount Vernon, 32.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Vernon were Catholic 66.4%, Anglican 7.6%, Eastern Orthodox 6.4%, No Religion 4.1% and Assyrian Apostolic 1.6%.

In Mount Vernon 62.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 10.8%, Croatian 3.6%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 3.2%, Serbian 2.5% and Maltese 2.3%.

Employment

There were 559 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Vernon. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Vernon, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Vernon was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Vernon included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.3%, Managers 16.7%, Professionals 14.5%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Vernon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 6.2%, School Education 4.8%, Building Installation Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Building Structure Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Vernon was $597.

In Mount Vernon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Truck 6.2%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Vernon, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Mount Vernon, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Vernon, 68.2% were couple families with children, 24.8% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Vernon 66.7% of single parents were male and 33.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Vernon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,442 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Vernon, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% 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 Vernon, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Vernon, 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 Vernon, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 19.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Vernon, 45.3% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Vernon, of all households, 92.5% were family households, 6.5% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Mount Vernon, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.2% 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 Vernon, 10.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 51.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Vernon, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) 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 Mount Vernon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Mount Vernon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.