Mount Clarence

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 669 people in Mount Clarence of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Clarence was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Clarence aged 15 years and over, 39.9% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Clarence was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Mount Clarence, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Clarence was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Clarence 35.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.3% were in primary school, 43.2% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Clarence were English 33.6%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 5.5% and Italian 4.0%.

In Mount Clarence, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.6%, Italy 1.0% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Mount Clarence, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Clarence were No Religion 36.6%, Anglican 19.0%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Baptist 2.8%.

In Mount Clarence 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Tagalog 1.1%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.8% and Thai 0.8%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Clarence. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 37.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Clarence, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Clarence was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Clarence included Professionals 16.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Managers 11.9%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Clarence, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.0%, School Education 7.3%, Hospitals 5.2%, State Government Administration 3.8% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Clarence was $465.

In Mount Clarence, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Walked only 9.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Taxi 1.4% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Clarence, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Clarence, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Clarence, 36.1% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Clarence 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Clarence, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Clarence, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Clarence, 76.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Clarence, 73.5% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Clarence, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Clarence, 42.1% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 36.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Clarence, of all households, 59.7% were family households, 36.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Mount Clarence, 34.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Clarence, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Clarence, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Clarence, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Mount Clarence, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.