Mount Taylor

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 329 people in Mount Taylor of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Taylor was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Taylor aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Taylor was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Mount Taylor, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Taylor was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mount Taylor 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.1% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Taylor were Australian 31.6%, English 31.2%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.8%.

In Mount Taylor, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Italy 2.4%, Germany 1.2%, Netherlands 0.9% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Mount Taylor, 73.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Taylor were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Mount Taylor 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 3.0%, Italian 1.8% and Japanese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 187 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Taylor. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Taylor, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Taylor was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Taylor included Professionals 19.7%, Managers 14.8%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Mount Taylor, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.1%, Residential Care Services 4.4%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.9% and Road Freight Transport 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Taylor was $552.

In Mount Taylor, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 1.6% and Car as driver, truck 1.6%. 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 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Taylor, 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, 26.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Taylor, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Taylor, 45.5% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Taylor, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $1,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Taylor, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 30.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Taylor, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Taylor, 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 Taylor, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Taylor, 45.5% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Taylor, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Taylor, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Taylor, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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