Mount Gravatt East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,891 people in Mount Gravatt East of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Gravatt East was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Gravatt East aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Gravatt East was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Gravatt East, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Gravatt East was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Gravatt East 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 31.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Gravatt East were Australian 24.5%, English 24.4%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.9% and German 4.0%.

In Mount Gravatt East, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 2.8%, India 2.2%, South Africa 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%.

In Mount Gravatt East, 53.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Gravatt East were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 3.7%.

In Mount Gravatt East 79.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.4%, Arabic 1.1%, Punjabi 1.0% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 5,901 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Gravatt East. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Gravatt East, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Gravatt East was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Gravatt East included Professionals 29.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Managers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Gravatt East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.8% and Tertiary Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Gravatt East was $669.

In Mount Gravatt East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Bus 14.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 1.7% and Bus, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 17.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Gravatt East, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Gravatt East, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Gravatt East, 41.8% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Gravatt East 12.6% of single parents were male and 87.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Gravatt East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,541 and those without children was $2,294.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Gravatt East, of couple families with children, 28.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Gravatt East, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Gravatt East, 79.4% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Gravatt East, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 55.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Gravatt East, 27.1% were owned outright, 34.2% were owned with a mortgage and 36.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Gravatt East, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Mount Gravatt East, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Gravatt East, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Gravatt East, there were 230 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 107 (or 46.5%) were male and 123 (or 53.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Gravatt East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,278.

In Mount Gravatt East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.