Little Mulgrave

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 233 people in Little Mulgrave of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Little Mulgrave was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Little Mulgrave aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little Mulgrave was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Little Mulgrave, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little Mulgrave was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Little Mulgrave 23.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 55.6% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little Mulgrave were English 27.5%, Australian 24.0%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 9.0% and German 5.4%.

In Little Mulgrave, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 2.6%, Denmark 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and Japan 1.3%.

In Little Mulgrave, 67.4% 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 Little Mulgrave were No Religion 42.0%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 9.1%, Baptist 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Little Mulgrave 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.3%, Danish 1.3% and Japanese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little Mulgrave. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little Mulgrave, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little Mulgrave was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Little Mulgrave included Managers 18.1%, Professionals 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Labourers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Little Mulgrave, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.7%, Allied Health Services 4.7% and Other Crop Growing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little Mulgrave was $604.

In Little Mulgrave, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.1%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Walked only 4.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.9% and Truck 3.1%. 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 64.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little Mulgrave, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.6% provided care for children and 19.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Little Mulgrave, 31.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little Mulgrave, 34.3% were couple families with children, 54.3% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Little Mulgrave 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little Mulgrave, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Little Mulgrave, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little Mulgrave, 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Mulgrave, 94.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Little Mulgrave, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little Mulgrave, 32.6% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Little Mulgrave, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Little Mulgrave, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Little Mulgrave, 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little Mulgrave, 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 Little Mulgrave, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Little Mulgrave, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.