Mount Carbine

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 331 people in Mount Carbine of these 58.6% were male and 41.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Carbine was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Carbine aged 15 years and over, 31.6% were married and 20.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Carbine was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mount Carbine, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Carbine was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mount Carbine 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.3% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Carbine were Australian 32.6%, English 27.0%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.4% and German 5.3%.

In Mount Carbine, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 1.5%, Canada 1.2% and Papua New Guinea 1.2%.

In Mount Carbine, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Carbine were Catholic 21.9%, No Religion 20.1%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Mount Carbine 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9% and Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Carbine. Of these 68.7% were employed full time, 15.6% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Carbine, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Carbine was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mount Carbine were Managers 32.6%, Labourers 25.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.3%, Professionals 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Carbine, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 39.6%, Metal Ore Mining 9.0%, Accommodation 6.7%, Exploration 5.2% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Carbine was $356.

In Mount Carbine, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 29.3%, Walked only 21.8%, Other 6.8% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Carbine, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.2% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Carbine, 18.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Carbine, 33.3% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Carbine 63.6% of single parents were male and 36.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Carbine, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $933.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Carbine, of couple families with children, 37.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Carbine, 61.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Carbine, 89.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.2% were other dwellings.

In Mount Carbine, of occupied private dwellings 14.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Carbine, 59.1% were owned outright, 10.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Carbine, of all households, 54.3% were family households, 41.9% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mount Carbine, 44.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Mount Carbine, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Carbine, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 63.0%) were male and 10 (or 37.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Carbine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Mount Carbine, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $63 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.