Mount Franklin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Mount Franklin of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Franklin was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Franklin aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Franklin was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Mount Franklin, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Franklin was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Franklin 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Franklin were English 29.3%, Australian 26.0%, Irish 13.8%, Scottish 12.7% and Italian 3.9%.

In Mount Franklin, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 1.5%, Scotland 1.5% and Austria 0.9%.

In Mount Franklin, 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Franklin were No Religion 41.8%, Catholic 14.2%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Mount Franklin 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9%, Dutch 0.9%, French 0.9% and Macedonian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Franklin. Of these 41.2% were employed full time, 46.6% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Franklin, 19.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Franklin was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Franklin included Professionals 24.8%, Managers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Labourers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Franklin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 7.2%, Allied Health Services 6.5%, Hospitals 5.8%, Building Installation Services 3.6% and Accommodation 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Franklin was $406.

In Mount Franklin, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.8%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train, bus 2.2% and Train, car as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Franklin, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Franklin, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Franklin, 37.2% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Franklin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Franklin, of couple families with children, 6.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 31.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Franklin, 68.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Franklin, 92.6% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Mount Franklin, of occupied private dwellings 10.7% had 1 bedroom, 24.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Franklin, 50.8% were owned outright, 35.2% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Franklin, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mount Franklin, 37.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Mount Franklin, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Franklin, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Franklin, 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 Franklin, 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.