Mont Albert North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,087 people in Mont Albert North of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mont Albert North was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Mont Albert North aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Mont Albert North, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mont Albert North was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mont Albert North 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mont Albert North were English 23.7%, Australian 22.5%, Chinese 11.2%, Irish 9.3% and Scottish 6.7%.

In Mont Albert North, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.2%, England 2.9%, Malaysia 2.9%, New Zealand 1.6% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.3%.

In Mont Albert North, 49.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mont Albert North were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Eastern Orthodox 4.2%.

In Mont Albert North 74.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.6%, Cantonese 4.9%, Greek 2.3%, Italian 1.7% and Vietnamese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,616 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mont Albert North. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mont Albert North, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mont Albert North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mont Albert North included Professionals 35.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Managers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Mont Albert North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.7%, School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Tertiary Education 4.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mont Albert North was $669.

In Mont Albert North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Train 4.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Bus 2.9% and Train, car as driver 2.6%. On the day, 13.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mont Albert North, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Mont Albert North, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mont Albert North, 51.4% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Mont Albert North 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mont Albert North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,914 and those without children was $2,351.

Employment status of couple families

In Mont Albert North, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 25.7% 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 North, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mont Albert North, 76.1% were separate houses, 22.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mont Albert North, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mont Albert North, 44.3% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mont Albert North, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mont Albert North, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.4% 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 North, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mont Albert North, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Mont Albert North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $646 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,557.