Mount Larcom

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 278 people in Mount Larcom of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Larcom was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Larcom aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Larcom was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Mount Larcom, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Larcom was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Mount Larcom 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Larcom were Australian 34.3%, English 26.0%, German 7.2%, Irish 6.4% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Mount Larcom, 85.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.8% and Norway 1.4%.

In Mount Larcom, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Larcom were No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 19.4%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8%.

In Mount Larcom 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Norwegian 1.1%, Finnish 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Larcom. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Larcom, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Larcom was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Larcom included Machinery Operators And Drivers 26.3%, Labourers 26.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Professionals 5.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.2%, Sales Workers 4.2% and Managers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Larcom, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 10.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.6%, Local Government Administration 6.8%, School Education 5.9% and Building Structure Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Larcom was $510.

In Mount Larcom, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Bus 5.0%, Walked only 4.2% and Taxi 2.5%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Larcom, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Larcom, 17.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Larcom, 28.0% were couple families with children, 52.0% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Larcom 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Larcom, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,125 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Larcom, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Larcom, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Larcom, 90.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Larcom, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Larcom, 34.7% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Larcom, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Mount Larcom, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Larcom, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Larcom, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 60.0%) were male and 10 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Larcom, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Mount Larcom, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.