Mount Egerton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 548 people in Mount Egerton of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Egerton was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Egerton aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Egerton was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mount Egerton, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Egerton was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Mount Egerton 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 30.8% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Egerton were Australian 30.3%, English 28.1%, Irish 11.6%, Scottish 9.5% and German 3.9%.

In Mount Egerton, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Netherlands 1.1%, Austria 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

In Mount Egerton, 68.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Egerton were No Religion 33.8%, Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 13.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Mount Egerton 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.6%, German 0.7%, Dutch 0.5% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 288 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Egerton. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Egerton, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Egerton included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Professionals 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Managers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Labourers 9.9%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Egerton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Hospitals 4.7%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Local Government Administration 3.3% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Egerton was $550.

In Mount Egerton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 2.5%, Train 1.4% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Egerton, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% 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, 20.0% 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 Egerton, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Egerton, 41.3% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Egerton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,178 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Egerton, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Egerton, 79.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Egerton, 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 Egerton, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Egerton, 27.9% were owned outright, 59.5% were owned with a mortgage and 7.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Egerton, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Mount Egerton, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Egerton, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Egerton, 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 22 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 Egerton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Mount Egerton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,213.