Mount Torrens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 638 people in Mount Torrens of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Torrens was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Torrens aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Torrens was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Torrens, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Torrens was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Mount Torrens 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Torrens were English 38.0%, Australian 26.1%, German 12.4%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 6.1%.

In Mount Torrens, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 0.8%, Austria 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Hungary 0.5%.

In Mount Torrens, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Torrens were No Religion 36.8%, Lutheran 18.1%, Anglican 10.2%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Catholic 8.6%.

In Mount Torrens 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 0.9%, German 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Sinhalese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 353 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Torrens. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Torrens, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Torrens was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Torrens included Managers 21.2%, Professionals 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Torrens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Residential Care Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.2% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Torrens was $573.

In Mount Torrens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Walked only 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Truck 1.2% and Bus, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Torrens, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.7% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.5% 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 Torrens, 32.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Torrens, 49.2% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Torrens 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Torrens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,027 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Torrens, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Torrens, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Torrens, 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 Torrens, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Torrens, 36.8% were owned outright, 49.8% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Torrens, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Mount Torrens, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Torrens, 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Torrens, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Torrens, 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 $1,375.

In Mount Torrens, 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.