Mount Nathan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,124 people in Mount Nathan of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Nathan was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Nathan aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Nathan was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Nathan, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Nathan was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Mount Nathan 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Nathan were English 30.3%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.7% and German 4.0%.

In Mount Nathan, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, New Zealand 5.3%, Netherlands 0.8%, Sri Lanka 0.7% and Germany 0.4%.

In Mount Nathan, 61.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Nathan were Catholic 25.0%, Anglican 23.0%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Mount Nathan 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, French 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Danish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 628 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Nathan. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Nathan, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Nathan was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Nathan included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Managers 16.4%, Professionals 15.8%, Labourers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Nathan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Hospitals 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.6% and Building Completion Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Nathan was $623.

In Mount Nathan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 2.0%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Nathan, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Nathan, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Nathan, 50.7% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Nathan 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Nathan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,172 and those without children was $1,821.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Nathan, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Nathan, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nathan, 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 Nathan, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 22.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nathan, 27.7% were owned outright, 60.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Nathan, of all households, 90.0% were family households, 8.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Mount Nathan, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Nathan, 16.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Nathan, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Nathan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Mount Nathan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,450.