Mountain River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 577 people in Mountain River of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mountain River was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Mountain River aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mountain River was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mountain River, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mountain River was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mountain River 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.0% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mountain River were English 36.8%, Australian 25.1%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 9.4% and German 4.3%.

In Mountain River, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 1.6%, United States of America 1.6%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Mountain River, 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mountain River were No Religion 40.4%, Anglican 19.2%, Catholic 12.4%, Christian, nfd 4.7% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Mountain River 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Dutch 1.0%, Afrikaans 0.5%, French 0.5% and Hungarian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mountain River. Of these 48.5% were employed full time, 38.5% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mountain River, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mountain River was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mountain River included Professionals 25.0%, Managers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Mountain River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, School Education 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.1% and Aquaculture 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mountain River was $509.

In Mountain River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.1%, Truck 1.7% and Bus 1.0%. 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 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mountain River, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Mountain River, 33.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mountain River, 47.1% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Mountain River 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mountain River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,824 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Mountain River, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mountain River, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain River, 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 Mountain River, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain River, 43.3% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mountain River, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Mountain River, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Mountain River, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mountain River, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Mountain River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Mountain River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,264.