Little Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,045 people in Little Mountain of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Mountain was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Little Mountain aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Little Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Mountain was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Little Mountain 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Mountain were English 34.9%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.2%.

In Little Mountain, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.2%, New Zealand 4.9%, Scotland 0.9%, South Africa 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Little Mountain, 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little Mountain were Anglican 23.8%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 20.2%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Little Mountain 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.2% and Japanese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,977 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Mountain. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Mountain, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Mountain was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Little Mountain included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.9%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.6%, Labourers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Little Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Mountain was $503.

In Little Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Truck 1.3%, Walked only 1.0% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Little Mountain, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Mountain, 46.7% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Little Mountain 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,945 and those without children was $1,735.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Mountain, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Mountain, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Mountain, 79.0% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 12.7% were other dwellings.

In Little Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 29.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Mountain, 35.6% were owned outright, 40.1% were owned with a mortgage and 19.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Mountain, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Little Mountain, 25.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Little Mountain, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Mountain, there were 128 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 46.1%) were male and 69 (or 53.9%) 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 Little Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Little Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.