Mount Surprise

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 306 people in Mount Surprise of these 59.8% were male and 40.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Surprise was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Surprise aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Surprise was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Mount Surprise, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Surprise was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Surprise 17.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.6% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Surprise were English 35.8%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 14.9%, Scottish 5.0% and German 3.8%.

In Mount Surprise, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, England 3.6%, Papua New Guinea 1.3% and South Africa 1.3%.

In Mount Surprise, 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Surprise were Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.2%.

In Mount Surprise 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Surprise. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 19.4% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Surprise, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Surprise was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Surprise included Managers 29.6%, Labourers 23.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Professionals 5.7% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Surprise, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 42.5%, Accommodation 6.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0% and Rail Passenger Transport 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Surprise was $487.

In Mount Surprise, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 24.5%, Walked only 22.0%, Other 10.1%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Truck 1.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Surprise, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Surprise, 16.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Surprise, 36.8% were couple families with children, 58.8% were couple families without children and 4.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Surprise 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Surprise, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $866.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Surprise, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Surprise, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Surprise, 77.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 18.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Surprise, of occupied private dwellings 15.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Surprise, 47.9% were owned outright, 11.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Surprise, of all households, 52.1% were family households, 43.0% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Mount Surprise, 44.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Surprise, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Surprise, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Surprise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,983.

In Mount Surprise, 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.