Mount Rumney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 442 people in Mount Rumney of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Rumney was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Rumney aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Rumney was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Rumney, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Rumney was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Rumney 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 30.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Rumney were Australian 37.5%, English 33.3%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.4%.

In Mount Rumney, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, Germany 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Botswana 0.7% and Canada 0.7%.

In Mount Rumney, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Rumney were No Religion 32.0%, Anglican 28.6%, Catholic 21.6%, Christian, nfd 2.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Mount Rumney 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Maori (Cook Island) 0.9%.

Employment

There were 270 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Rumney. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Rumney, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Rumney was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Rumney included Professionals 23.0%, Managers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Labourers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Rumney, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.5%, State Government Administration 5.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5%, Furniture, Floor Coverings, Houseware and Textile Goods Retailing 3.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Rumney was $722.

In Mount Rumney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 3.1%, Truck 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Rumney, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Mount Rumney, 33.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Rumney, 40.8% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Mount Rumney 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Rumney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Rumney, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Rumney, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Rumney, 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 Rumney, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Rumney, 50.6% were owned outright, 41.1% were owned with a mortgage and 8.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Rumney, of all households, 87.3% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Mount Rumney, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.7% 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 Mount Rumney, 14.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Rumney, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Rumney, 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 $900.

In Mount Rumney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.