Mosman Park (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,598 people in Mosman Park (WA) of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Mosman Park (WA) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Mosman Park (WA) aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mosman Park (WA) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mosman Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mosman Park (WA) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Mosman Park (WA) 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.8% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 28.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mosman Park (WA) were English 30.3%, Australian 23.4%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.6%.

In Mosman Park (WA), 61.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 2.6%, South Africa 1.8%, United States of America 1.5% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Mosman Park (WA), 44.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mosman Park (WA) were No Religion 25.0%, Anglican 24.9%, Catholic 23.0%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Mosman Park (WA) 82.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.0%, German 0.9%, Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.7% and French 0.7%.

Employment

There were 4,308 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mosman Park (WA). Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mosman Park (WA), 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mosman Park (WA) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mosman Park (WA) included Professionals 37.0%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Mosman Park (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Hospitals 4.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.4% and Tertiary Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mosman Park (WA) was $748.

In Mosman Park (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Train 8.4%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 3.3% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 14.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mosman Park (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Mosman Park (WA), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mosman Park (WA), 44.7% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Mosman Park (WA) 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mosman Park (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,439 and those without children was $2,612.

Employment status of couple families

In Mosman Park (WA), of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mosman Park (WA), 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mosman Park (WA), 60.4% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mosman Park (WA), of occupied private dwellings 12.8% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 29.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mosman Park (WA), 32.6% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 37.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mosman Park (WA), of all households, 61.0% were family households, 33.9% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Mosman Park (WA), 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.7% 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 Mosman Park (WA), 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mosman Park (WA), there were 125 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 42.4%) were male and 72 (or 57.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mosman Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $824.

In Mosman Park (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $145 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,322.