Mount Perry

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 480 people in Mount Perry of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Perry was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Perry aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 20.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Perry was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Mount Perry, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Perry was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Mount Perry 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Perry were Australian 33.2%, English 29.5%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 6.2%.

In Mount Perry, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 1.3%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Mount Perry, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Perry were Anglican 27.2%, No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Mount Perry 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Perry. Of these 69.2% were employed full time, 15.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Perry, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Perry was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Perry included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.4%, Managers 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Labourers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Professionals 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.5% and Sales Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Mount Perry, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 22.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 14.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.1%, Local Government Administration 14.1% and Accommodation 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Perry was $376.

In Mount Perry, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.1%, Bus 11.1%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Walked only 6.4% and Bus, car as driver 4.1%. On the day, 17.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Perry, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% 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 Perry, 16.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Perry, 32.2% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Perry 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Perry, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Perry, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Perry, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Perry, 88.7% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Perry, of occupied private dwellings 10.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.1% had 2 bedrooms and 39.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Perry, 44.9% were owned outright, 21.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Perry, of all households, 63.1% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Mount Perry, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Perry, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Perry, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 20.0%) were male and 12 (or 80.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Perry, 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 $250.

In Mount Perry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.