Mountain Lagoon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 327 people in Mountain Lagoon of these 59.3% were male and 40.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mountain Lagoon was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Mountain Lagoon aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mountain Lagoon was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mountain Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mountain Lagoon was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Mountain Lagoon 53.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.9% were in primary school, 32.0% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mountain Lagoon were English 24.8%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 5.1% and Dutch 2.9%.

In Mountain Lagoon, 59.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.7%, Netherlands 1.5%, Ireland 1.2% and Kenya 1.2%.

In Mountain Lagoon, 54.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mountain Lagoon were Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 18.5%, No Religion 18.5%, Christian, nfd 3.0% and Nature Religions 1.8%.

In Mountain Lagoon 68.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.4%, Arabic 2.1%, German 1.5%, French 0.9% and Hindi 0.9%.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mountain Lagoon. Of these 50.9% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mountain Lagoon, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mountain Lagoon was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mountain Lagoon were Managers 26.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Professionals 18.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Labourers 6.4% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Mountain Lagoon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 8.2%, Tertiary Education 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 4.5% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mountain Lagoon was $472.

In Mountain Lagoon, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 47.7%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 7.3% and Truck 3.7%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mountain Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% 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 Lagoon, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mountain Lagoon, 36.1% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 23.0% were one parent families.

In Mountain Lagoon 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mountain Lagoon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Mountain Lagoon, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mountain Lagoon, 74.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain Lagoon, 92.5% 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 Lagoon, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 30.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain Lagoon, 47.5% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mountain Lagoon, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Mountain Lagoon, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Lagoon, 33.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mountain Lagoon, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mountain Lagoon, 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.