Glass House Mountains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,791 people in Glass House Mountains of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Glass House Mountains was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Glass House Mountains aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Glass House Mountains was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Glass House Mountains, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glass House Mountains was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Glass House Mountains 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 13.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glass House Mountains were English 32.2%, Australian 29.6%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.6% and German 4.6%.

In Glass House Mountains, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 3.3%, Netherlands 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Glass House Mountains, 64.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glass House Mountains were No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Glass House Mountains 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4%, German 0.3% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glass House Mountains. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glass House Mountains, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glass House Mountains was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Glass House Mountains included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Managers 13.6%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Glass House Mountains, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.1%, Hospitals 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glass House Mountains was $491.

In Glass House Mountains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 2.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 4.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glass House Mountains, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Glass House Mountains, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glass House Mountains, 43.8% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Glass House Mountains 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glass House Mountains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,942 and those without children was $1,710.

Employment status of couple families

In Glass House Mountains, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glass House Mountains, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glass House Mountains, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Glass House Mountains, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glass House Mountains, 35.7% were owned outright, 43.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Glass House Mountains, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Glass House Mountains, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Glass House Mountains, 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glass House Mountains, there were 76 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 43.4%) were male and 43 (or 56.6%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Glass House Mountains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $990.

In Glass House Mountains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,392.