Mount Garnet (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 245 people in Mount Garnet (L) of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 36.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Garnet (L) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Garnet (L) aged 15 years and over, 35.3% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Garnet (L) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mount Garnet (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 31.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Garnet (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Mount Garnet (L) 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 10.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Garnet (L) were Australian 46.0%, English 23.8%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 5.4% and German 5.0%.

In Mount Garnet (L), 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Mount Garnet (L), 84.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Garnet (L) were Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 18.0%, No Religion 16.0%, Pentecostal 16.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Mount Garnet (L) 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 2.1% and Dutch 1.6%.

Employment

There were 75 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Garnet (L). Of these 41.3% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 16.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Garnet (L), 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Garnet (L) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Garnet (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 22.1%, Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Managers 8.8%, Professionals 8.8% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Garnet (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 16.7%, School Education 10.6%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 7.6%, Mineral, Metal and Chemical Wholesaling 6.1% and Specialised Food Retailing 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Garnet (L) was $363.

In Mount Garnet (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.7%, Walked only 19.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 4.5% and Bus, car as driver 4.5%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Garnet (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 9.6% 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 Mount Garnet (L), 18.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Garnet (L), 32.2% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Garnet (L) 41.2% of single parents were male and 58.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Garnet (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Garnet (L), of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 7.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Garnet (L), 82.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Garnet (L), 89.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Mount Garnet (L), of occupied private dwellings 12.0% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Garnet (L), 42.4% were owned outright, 13.0% were owned with a mortgage and 41.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Garnet (L), of all households, 58.7% were family households, 35.9% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Mount Garnet (L), 50.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Garnet (L), 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Garnet (L), there were 87 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 54.0%) were male and 40 (or 46.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Garnet (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Mount Garnet (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.