Mortlake

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,073 people in Mortlake of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mortlake was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.7% of the population.

Of people in Mortlake aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mortlake was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mortlake, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mortlake was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Mortlake 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mortlake were English 33.8%, Australian 30.9%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 9.8% and German 3.1%.

In Mortlake, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Netherlands 1.0%, Cook Islands 0.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Mortlake, 82.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mortlake were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 17.8%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 9.6%.

In Mortlake 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maori (Cook Island) 0.7%, Dutch 0.5%, Cantonese 0.3% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 401 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mortlake. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mortlake, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mortlake was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mortlake included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Labourers 15.9%, Professionals 12.7%, Managers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Mortlake, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.2%, Local Government Administration 6.9%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, School Education 4.2% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mortlake was $405.

In Mortlake, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.2%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bicycle 3.2% and Truck 1.3%. 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 76.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mortlake, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% 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 Mortlake, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mortlake, 35.2% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Mortlake 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mortlake, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,446 and those without children was $1,474.

Employment status of couple families

In Mortlake, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 17.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mortlake, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mortlake, 94.7% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Mortlake, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 59.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mortlake, 46.2% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mortlake, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 39.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Mortlake, 43.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Mortlake, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mortlake, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 63.0%) were male and 10 (or 37.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Mortlake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Mortlake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.