Clear Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 707 people in Clear Mountain of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Clear Mountain was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Clear Mountain aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clear Mountain was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Clear Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clear Mountain was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Clear Mountain 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clear Mountain were English 31.8%, Australian 25.7%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 11.3% and German 3.5%.

In Clear Mountain, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, South Africa 2.3%, Scotland 1.1% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Clear Mountain, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clear Mountain were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 21.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Clear Mountain 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.4%, Danish 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 386 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clear Mountain. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clear Mountain, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clear Mountain was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Clear Mountain included Professionals 26.0%, Managers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Clear Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3%, Medical Services 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8% and Residential Building Construction 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clear Mountain was $701.

In Clear Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Train, car as driver 5.1%, Car, as passenger 2.7%, Train 2.2% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 7.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clear Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Clear Mountain, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clear Mountain, 50.0% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Clear Mountain 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clear Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,028 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Clear Mountain, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clear Mountain, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clear Mountain, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Clear Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clear Mountain, 45.6% were owned outright, 47.8% were owned with a mortgage and 5.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Clear Mountain, of all households, 87.3% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Clear Mountain, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.0% 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 Clear Mountain, 12.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clear Mountain, 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 15 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 Clear Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Clear Mountain, 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.