Mount Louisa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,992 people in Mount Louisa of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Louisa was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Louisa aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Louisa was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Louisa, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Louisa was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Mount Louisa 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Louisa were Australian 31.7%, English 27.5%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.5%.

In Mount Louisa, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.2%, South Africa 1.1%, Philippines 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.6%.

In Mount Louisa, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Louisa were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 19.4%, Anglican 18.1%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Pentecostal 4.9%.

In Mount Louisa 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Filipino 0.5%, Greek 0.3% and Tagalog 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,614 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Louisa. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Louisa, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Louisa was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Louisa included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Managers 9.7%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Louisa, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.6%, Defence 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Louisa was $786.

In Mount Louisa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bicycle 1.5%, Walked only 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Louisa, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Louisa, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Louisa, 48.1% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Louisa 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Louisa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,302 and those without children was $2,164.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Louisa, of couple families with children, 30.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Louisa, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Louisa, 98.4% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Louisa, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Louisa, 18.2% were owned outright, 48.0% were owned with a mortgage and 31.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Louisa, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Mount Louisa, 10.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Louisa, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Louisa, there were 441 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 221 (or 50.1%) were male and 220 (or 49.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Louisa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,692.

In Mount Louisa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,846.