Mount Martin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 306 people in Mount Martin of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Martin was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Martin aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Martin was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Martin, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Martin was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mount Martin 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Martin were Australian 36.2%, English 30.7%, Irish 11.3%, German 7.5% and Scottish 5.8%.

In Mount Martin, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.0%, England 1.6%, Netherlands 1.3%, United States of America 1.3% and Sweden 1.0%.

In Mount Martin, 85.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Martin were No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 18.7%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 14.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Mount Martin 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Martin. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Martin, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Martin was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Martin included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.2%, Managers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Labourers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Professionals 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Martin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 10.7%, Coal Mining 7.9%, School Education 5.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.3% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Martin was $631.

In Mount Martin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 4.4% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Martin, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Martin, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Martin, 44.2% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Martin 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Martin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Martin, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 10.4% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Martin, 84.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Martin, 88.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 11.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Martin, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Martin, 30.3% were owned outright, 45.5% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Martin, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Mount Martin, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Martin, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Martin, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 33.3%) were male and 6 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Martin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Mount Martin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,004.