Mount Crosby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,728 people in Mount Crosby of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Crosby was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Crosby aged 15 years and over, 65.5% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Crosby was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Crosby, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Crosby was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Crosby 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.1% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Crosby were English 33.2%, Australian 25.5%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 6.7% and German 5.9%.

In Mount Crosby, 74.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, South Africa 3.2%, New Zealand 2.9%, United States of America 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Mount Crosby, 54.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Crosby were No Religion 27.2%, Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Mount Crosby 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Russian 0.5%, Mandarin 0.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 947 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Crosby. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Crosby, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Crosby included Professionals 29.2%, Managers 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Crosby, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.0% and Tertiary Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Crosby was $870.

In Mount Crosby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 2.4%, Bus, car as driver 2.2% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Crosby, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.0% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Mount Crosby, 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Crosby, 54.3% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Mount Crosby 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Crosby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,573 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Crosby, of couple families with children, 31.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Crosby, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Crosby, 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 Crosby, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 30.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Crosby, 24.1% were owned outright, 66.7% were owned with a mortgage and 8.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Crosby, of all households, 88.5% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Mount Crosby, 9.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.4% 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 Mount Crosby, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Crosby, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 65.2%) were male and 8 (or 34.8%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Crosby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Mount Crosby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $725 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,850.