Mount Compass

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,731 people in Mount Compass of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Compass was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Compass aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Compass was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Compass, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Compass was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Compass 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Compass were English 35.5%, Australian 31.8%, German 7.2%, Scottish 7.2% and Irish 5.3%.

In Mount Compass, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, Germany 1.2%, Scotland 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Mount Compass, 61.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Compass were No Religion 38.5%, Anglican 14.9%, Catholic 11.5%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Mount Compass 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.6%, Dutch 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 907 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Compass. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Compass, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Compass included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Managers 15.0%, Labourers 13.2%, Professionals 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Compass, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Residential Care Services 2.9% and Dairy Cattle Farming 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Compass was $499.

In Mount Compass, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 2.7%, Other 2.1%, Walked only 1.7% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Compass, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Compass, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Compass, 46.0% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Mount Compass 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Compass, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,814 and those without children was $1,631.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Compass, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Compass, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Compass, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Mount Compass, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Compass, 30.4% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Compass, of all households, 84.3% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Mount Compass, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Mount Compass, 21.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Compass, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Compass, 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 $1,483.

In Mount Compass, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.