Mont Albert

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,954 people in Mont Albert of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mont Albert was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Mont Albert aged 15 years and over, 53.2% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mont Albert was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mont Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mont Albert was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mont Albert 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 30.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mont Albert were English 25.7%, Australian 23.4%, Chinese 9.4%, Irish 9.3% and Scottish 7.8%.

In Mont Albert, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.9%, England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, India 1.7% and Malaysia 1.7%.

In Mont Albert, 51.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mont Albert were No Religion 30.4%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 15.6%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Mont Albert 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.2%, Cantonese 3.7%, Greek 1.1%, Korean 1.0% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,685 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mont Albert. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mont Albert, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mont Albert was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mont Albert included Professionals 41.9%, Managers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 2.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Mont Albert, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mont Albert was $745.

In Mont Albert, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Train 14.7%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.6% and Tram 1.7%. On the day, 22.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mont Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Mont Albert, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mont Albert, 52.6% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Mont Albert 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mont Albert, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,271 and those without children was $2,631.

Employment status of couple families

In Mont Albert, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mont Albert, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mont Albert, 59.7% were separate houses, 23.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mont Albert, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 33.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mont Albert, 38.6% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mont Albert, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Mont Albert, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.2% 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 Mont Albert, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mont Albert, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Mont Albert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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