Mount Marshall

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 231 people in Mount Marshall of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Marshall was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Marshall aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Marshall was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Mount Marshall, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Marshall was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Mount Marshall 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 44.9% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Marshall were Australian 31.4%, English 30.4%, Irish 10.1%, German 8.5% and Scottish 7.8%.

In Mount Marshall, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.3%, Netherlands 3.0%, Chile 1.7% and Germany 1.3%.

In Mount Marshall, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Marshall were Anglican 32.0%, Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Mount Marshall 97.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 102 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Marshall. Of these 62.7% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Marshall, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Marshall was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Marshall included Managers 19.8%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Labourers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Marshall, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.0%, Hospitals 9.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.0%, Other Livestock Farming 4.0% and Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Marshall was $426.

In Mount Marshall, 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 11.8%, Motorbike/scooter 2.9%, Bicycle 2.9% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Marshall, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.4% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 Marshall, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Marshall, 38.9% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Mount Marshall 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Marshall, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,399 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Marshall, of couple families with children, 13.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Marshall, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Marshall, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Marshall, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Marshall, 51.8% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 7.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Marshall, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Mount Marshall, 36.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Marshall, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Marshall, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Marshall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Mount Marshall, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.