Mount Tyson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 385 people in Mount Tyson of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Tyson was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Tyson aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Tyson was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Mount Tyson, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Tyson was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Tyson 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.4% were in primary school, 30.1% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Tyson were Australian 37.7%, English 23.6%, German 16.4%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 7.6%.

In Mount Tyson, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, England 0.8%, Ireland 0.8%, Sweden 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Mount Tyson, 92.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Tyson were Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 20.8%, Lutheran 17.4%, No Religion 10.7% and Uniting Church 8.9%.

In Mount Tyson 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 1.3%, Danish 0.8% and Shona 0.8%.

Employment

There were 205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Tyson. Of these 71.2% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Tyson, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Tyson was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Tyson included Managers 26.7%, Labourers 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Professionals 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Tyson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.0%, Road Freight Transport 5.5%, School Education 4.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Tyson was $528.

In Mount Tyson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.9%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 2.5% and Bus 1.5%. 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 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Tyson, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Tyson, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Tyson, 50.0% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Tyson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Tyson, of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Tyson, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Tyson, 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 Tyson, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Tyson, 41.0% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Tyson, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Mount Tyson, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Tyson, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Tyson, 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 Tyson, 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 Tyson, 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.