Mount Molloy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Mount Molloy of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Molloy was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Molloy aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 20.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Molloy was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Mount Molloy, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Molloy was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Mount Molloy 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Molloy were English 30.4%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 10.1%, German 7.9% and Italian 4.7%.

In Mount Molloy, 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Germany 2.5%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Saudi Arabia 1.5%.

In Mount Molloy, 68.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Molloy were No Religion 37.7%, Catholic 18.1%, Anglican 14.5%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Mount Molloy 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.9%, Swedish 1.1%, Italian 1.1%, Croatian 1.1% and Vietnamese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Molloy. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Molloy, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Molloy was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Molloy included Managers 22.3%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Professionals 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Molloy, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, Other Crop Growing 4.2% and Residential Building Construction 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Molloy was $505.

In Mount Molloy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.3%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.2%, Bus 2.5% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Molloy, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.1% 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 Molloy, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Molloy, 33.3% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Molloy 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Molloy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Molloy, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Molloy, 80.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Molloy, 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Mount Molloy, of occupied private dwellings 11.5% had 1 bedroom, 28.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Molloy, 38.5% were owned outright, 26.9% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Molloy, of all households, 64.2% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Mount Molloy, 35.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Molloy, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Molloy, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (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 Molloy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Mount Molloy, 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.