Mount Chalmers

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 216 people in Mount Chalmers of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Chalmers was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Chalmers aged 15 years and over, 46.2% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Chalmers was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Mount Chalmers, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Chalmers was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Chalmers 17.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Chalmers were Australian 37.3%, English 31.7%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.6% and German 5.6%.

In Mount Chalmers, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Germany 2.3%, Netherlands 1.9%, Canada 1.4% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Mount Chalmers, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Chalmers were No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 23.7%, Christian, nfd 11.6%, Catholic 9.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Mount Chalmers 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.8% and Vietnamese 1.4%.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Chalmers. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Chalmers, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Chalmers was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mount Chalmers were Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Labourers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Managers 11.1% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Chalmers, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.8%, School Education 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1% and Other Mining Support Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Chalmers was $472.

In Mount Chalmers, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.4%, Bus 2.5% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Chalmers, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Chalmers, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Chalmers, 39.1% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Chalmers, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Chalmers, of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Chalmers, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Chalmers, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Chalmers, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Chalmers, 47.0% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 7.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Chalmers, of all households, 74.4% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Mount Chalmers, 26.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Chalmers, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Chalmers, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 64 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 Chalmers, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

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