Mount Cottrell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 688 people in Mount Cottrell of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Cottrell was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Cottrell aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Cottrell was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Cottrell, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Cottrell was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mount Cottrell 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.4% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Cottrell were Australian 18.9%, English 18.4%, Maltese 17.5%, Italian 5.7% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Mount Cottrell, 61.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 10.9%, Italy 2.9%, England 2.0%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.3% and Cyprus 1.2%.

In Mount Cottrell, 45.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Cottrell were Catholic 43.6%, No Religion 16.6%, Anglican 8.3%, Eastern Orthodox 3.2% and Uniting Church 2.2%.

In Mount Cottrell 63.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 12.6%, Italian 3.2%, Greek 2.0%, Croatian 1.2% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 296 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Cottrell. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Cottrell, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Cottrell included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Managers 10.6%, Labourers 10.6%, Professionals 9.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Cottrell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9%, School Education 3.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.8% and Building Structure Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Cottrell was $480.

In Mount Cottrell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 3.9%, Other 2.5% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Cottrell, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Cottrell, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Cottrell, 54.5% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Cottrell 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Cottrell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Cottrell, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Cottrell, 83.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Cottrell, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Mount Cottrell, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Cottrell, 55.7% were owned outright, 19.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Cottrell, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Mount Cottrell, 19.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Cottrell, 14.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 49.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Cottrell, 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 53 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 Cottrell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mount Cottrell, 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.