Mount Cotton

Demographics & education

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

In the 2016 Census, there were 6,835 people in Mount Cotton. Of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Cotton was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Cotton aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

In Mount Cotton, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

In Mount Cotton 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.5% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Mount Cotton, 18.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 24.3% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 12.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Cotton were English 33.7%, Australian 26.8%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.7% and German 4.7%.

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 Cotton (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Mount Cotton, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 4.6%, South Africa 2.8%, Scotland 0.7% and India 0.4%.

In Mount Cotton, 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Mount Cotton, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 63.1%, England 10.0%, New Zealand 6.1%, South Africa 3.1% and Scotland 1.5%.

In Mount Cotton, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 65.3%, England 9.7%, New Zealand 6.3%, South Africa 3.3% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 1.4%.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Cotton were No Religion, so described 35.3%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 16.9%, Not stated 5.9% and Uniting Church 5.0%. In Mount Cotton, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (60.1%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Mount Cotton 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.1%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.3%, French 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,945 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Cotton. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% 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 Cotton, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Mount Cotton included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Cotton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Primary Education 3.9%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.8%, Electrical Services 2.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.1% and Road Freight Transport 1.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Cotton was $979.

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In Mount Cotton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.2%, Worked at home 4.9%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Bus 1.8% and Bus, car as driver 1.3%. 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 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Cotton, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.8% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Cotton, 34.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Cotton, 57.0% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Cotton, 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Cotton, of couple families with children, 31.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 29.0% 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 Cotton, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Cotton, 99.7% 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 Cotton, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 1.2% had 2 bedrooms and 20.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Cotton, 14.9% were owned outright, 65.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Cotton, of all households, 89.2% were family households, 8.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Mount Cotton, 6.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 25.6% 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 Cotton, 16.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 54.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Mount Cotton, 93.9% 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 Cotton, 59.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 40.9% were female. The median age was 21 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 Cotton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3 persons, with 0.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,089.

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In Mount Cotton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,375.

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