Mount Camel

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 286 people in Mount Camel of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Camel was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Mount Camel aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Camel was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Mount Camel, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Camel was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Camel 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.3% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Camel were Australian 29.0%, English 27.9%, Scottish 11.2%, Irish 9.9% and German 3.7%.

In Mount Camel, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Croatia 1.0%, Germany 1.0%, Italy 1.0% and Malta 1.0%.

In Mount Camel, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Camel were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 12.2%, Uniting Church 9.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Mount Camel 87.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, German 1.0%, Greek 1.0%, Croatian 1.0% and Serbian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Camel. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Camel, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Camel was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Camel included Managers 27.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Labourers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Professionals 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Camel, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.4%, Metal Ore Mining 5.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.0% and Other Construction Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Camel was $417.

In Mount Camel, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Walked only 2.5%. 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 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Camel, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Camel, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Camel, 27.4% were couple families with children, 61.9% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Camel 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Camel, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Camel, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Camel, 54.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 45.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Camel, 94.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Camel, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Camel, 49.6% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 8.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Camel, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Camel, 42.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Camel, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Camel, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Camel, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Mount Camel, 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.