Mount Wallace

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 113 people in Mount Wallace. Of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Wallace was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Wallace aged 15 years and over, 59.8% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

In Mount Wallace, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

In Mount Wallace 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Mount Wallace, 8.1% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 17.4% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 7.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Wallace were Australian 30.8%, Irish 16.9%, English 15.4%, Scottish 13.8% and Maltese 5.4%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Mount Wallace (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Mount Wallace, 71.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Malta 4.7% and England 3.7%.

In Mount Wallace, 61.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Mount Wallace, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 61.3%, England 4.5%, Malta 4.5%, Fiji 3.6% and Scotland 3.6%.

In Mount Wallace, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 72.5%, Malta 4.6%, England 2.8%, Scotland 2.8% and Netherlands 2.8%.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Wallace were No Religion, so described 34.8%, Catholic 29.5%, Not stated 17.9%, Anglican 12.5% and Uniting Church 5.4%. In Mount Wallace, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (57.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Mount Wallace 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maltese 3.6%.

Employment

There were 56 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Wallace. Of these 66.1% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 14.3% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Mount Wallace, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The only other responses for occupation in Mount Wallace were Managers 23.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 16.3%, Sales Workers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 9.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Mount Wallace, the only responses for industry of employent were Sheep-Beef Cattle Farming 15.0%, Landscape Construction Services 15.0% and Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 15.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Wallace was $588.

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In Mount Wallace, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.7%, Worked at home 21.6% and Car, as passenger 5.9%. 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 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Wallace, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mount Wallace, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Wallace, 42.9% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Mount Wallace, 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Wallace, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Wallace, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Wallace, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Wallace, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 63.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Wallace, 48.8% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Wallace, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Wallace, 27.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 8.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mount Wallace, 17.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Mount Wallace, 76.2% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Mount Wallace, 0.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 0.0% were female. The median age was 0 years.

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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.

In Mount Wallace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0 persons, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

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

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)