Mount Abundance

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 272 people in Mount Abundance of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Abundance was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Abundance aged 15 years and over, 64.2% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Abundance was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Mount Abundance, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Abundance was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Mount Abundance 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Abundance were Australian 33.0%, English 32.7%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 7.7% and German 4.7%.

In Mount Abundance, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Netherlands 1.8%, New Zealand 1.5%, United States of America 1.5%, Canada 1.1% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Mount Abundance, 85.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Abundance were Anglican 32.5%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Mount Abundance 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 1.5%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Abundance. Of these 72.6% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Abundance, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Abundance was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Abundance included Managers 50.3%, Labourers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%, Professionals 4.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Mount Abundance, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 42.4%, School Education 4.2%, Motor Vehicle Retailing 3.6%, Local Government Administration 3.6% and Coal Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Abundance was $562.

In Mount Abundance, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.6%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 4.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.4% and Other 1.8%. 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 42.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Abundance, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Abundance, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Abundance, 42.5% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Abundance, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Abundance, of couple families with children, 37.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Abundance, 67.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Abundance, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Abundance, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Abundance, 47.7% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Abundance, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Abundance, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Abundance, 14.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Abundance, 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 Abundance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Mount Abundance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.