Upper Mount Gravatt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,851 people in Upper Mount Gravatt of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Mount Gravatt was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Upper Mount Gravatt aged 15 years and over, 40.4% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Mount Gravatt was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Mount Gravatt was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Upper Mount Gravatt 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.5% were in primary school, 10.4% in secondary school and 35.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Mount Gravatt were Australian 21.6%, English 21.2%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.1% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, 59.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, India 2.9%, England 2.7% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.4%.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, 47.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Mount Gravatt were Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 20.2%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Islam 3.4%.

In Upper Mount Gravatt 67.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.1%, Cantonese 2.0%, Arabic 1.4%, Korean 1.4% and Greek 1.1%.

Employment

There were 4,136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Mount Gravatt. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Mount Gravatt, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Mount Gravatt was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Mount Gravatt included Professionals 25.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Managers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Upper Mount Gravatt, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Mount Gravatt was $527.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.8%, Bus 14.8%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 3.6% and Bus, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 17.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Mount Gravatt, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Upper Mount Gravatt, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Mount Gravatt, 37.5% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Upper Mount Gravatt 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Mount Gravatt, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,284 and those without children was $2,117.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Mount Gravatt, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Mount Gravatt, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Mount Gravatt, 70.3% were separate houses, 10.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Mount Gravatt, 33.8% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Mount Gravatt, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 8.9% were group households.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Upper Mount Gravatt, 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Mount Gravatt, there were 137 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 41.6%) were male and 80 (or 58.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Upper Mount Gravatt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Upper Mount Gravatt, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $953.