Mount Garnet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in Mount Garnet of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 36.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Garnet was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Garnet aged 15 years and over, 36.8% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Garnet was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mount Garnet, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Garnet was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Garnet 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 2.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Garnet were Australian 40.0%, English 24.8%, Irish 6.1%, German 4.8% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Mount Garnet, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Romania 0.9%.

In Mount Garnet, 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Garnet were Catholic 20.2%, No Religion 19.3%, Anglican 17.2%, Pentecostal 15.4% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Mount Garnet 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Arabic 0.9%, French 0.7% and Hungarian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Garnet. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 15.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Garnet, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Garnet was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Garnet included Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.7%, Labourers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.9%, Managers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Professionals 7.4% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Garnet, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 15.2%, School Education 9.6%, Accommodation 4.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Garnet was $357.

In Mount Garnet, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Walked only 13.7%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 3.2% and Other 2.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Garnet, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Garnet, 17.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Garnet, 32.7% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 23.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Garnet 26.9% of single parents were male and 73.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Garnet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,171.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Garnet, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Garnet, 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Garnet, 84.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 10.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Garnet, of occupied private dwellings 13.1% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Garnet, 36.9% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 39.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Garnet, of all households, 63.1% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Mount Garnet, 48.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Garnet, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Garnet, there were 157 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 52.9%) were male and 74 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Garnet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Mount Garnet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $694.