Mount Ommaney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,334 people in Mount Ommaney of these 45.7% were male and 54.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Ommaney was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Ommaney aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Ommaney was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Ommaney, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Ommaney was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Mount Ommaney 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Ommaney were English 23.0%, Australian 19.9%, Chinese 10.0%, Irish 6.6% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Mount Ommaney, 58.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Vietnam 3.4%, Taiwan 3.3%, New Zealand 2.9% and South Africa 2.8%.

In Mount Ommaney, 37.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Ommaney were Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Buddhism 5.9%.

In Mount Ommaney 68.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.4%, Vietnamese 4.9%, Cantonese 4.6%, Arabic 1.8% and Tamil 1.4%.

Employment

There were 1,285 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Ommaney. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Ommaney, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Ommaney was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Ommaney included Professionals 33.6%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Ommaney, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Tertiary Education 4.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Ommaney was $722.

In Mount Ommaney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Bus 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 2.9% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 11.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Ommaney, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Ommaney, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Ommaney, 52.3% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Ommaney 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Ommaney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,112 and those without children was $2,886.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Ommaney, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Ommaney, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Ommaney, 83.5% were separate houses, 12.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Ommaney, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 25.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Ommaney, 50.1% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Ommaney, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Mount Ommaney, 11.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.1% 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 Ommaney, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Ommaney, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Ommaney, 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 $0.

In Mount Ommaney, 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.