Mount Lofty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,846 people in Mount Lofty of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Lofty was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Lofty aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Lofty was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Lofty, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Lofty was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mount Lofty 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 29.4% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Lofty were English 29.3%, Australian 27.6%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 9.7% and German 7.0%.

In Mount Lofty, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, South Africa 1.2%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Mount Lofty, 76.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Lofty were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 24.0%, No Religion 16.2%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Mount Lofty 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Spanish 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Arabic 0.2% and Auslan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,885 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Lofty. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Lofty, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Lofty was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Lofty included Professionals 31.8%, Managers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Labourers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Lofty, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Hospitals 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Tertiary Education 3.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Lofty was $668.

In Mount Lofty, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Walked only 3.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.0% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Lofty, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Lofty, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Lofty, 44.8% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Mount Lofty 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Lofty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,507 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Lofty, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Lofty, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lofty, 92.0% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Lofty, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lofty, 39.2% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Lofty, of all households, 71.4% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Mount Lofty, 19.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 Lofty, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Lofty, there were 82 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 47.6%) were male and 43 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Lofty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Mount Lofty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $802.