Mount Mee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 909 people in Mount Mee of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Mee was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Mee aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Mee was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Mount Mee, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Mee was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Mount Mee 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Mee were Australian 33.8%, English 29.6%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.5% and German 6.1%.

In Mount Mee, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 1.0%, United States of America 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Mount Mee, 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Mee were No Religion 21.9%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Mount Mee 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, German 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 441 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Mee. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Mee, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Mee was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Mee included Managers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Professionals 14.6%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Sales Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Mee, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.1% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Mee was $524.

In Mount Mee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 3.3% and Train 1.9%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Mee, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.0% 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 Mee, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Mee, 38.0% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Mee 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Mee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $2,028.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Mee, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Mee, 79.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Mee, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Mount Mee, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Mee, 39.6% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Mee, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Mount Mee, 26.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Mee, 27.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Mee, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Mee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mount Mee, 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.