Mount Magnet (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 643 people in Mount Magnet (S) of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 36.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Magnet (S) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Magnet (S) aged 15 years and over, 28.6% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Magnet (S) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mount Magnet (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 26.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 27.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Magnet (S) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mount Magnet (S) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 10.4% in secondary school and 3.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Magnet (S) were Australian 39.3%, English 22.7%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 5.5% and German 3.0%.

In Mount Magnet (S), 77.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Mount Magnet (S), 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Magnet (S) were Catholic 29.1%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 12.8%, Seventh-day Adventist 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Mount Magnet (S) 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Finnish 0.5%, Croatian 0.5% and Vietnamese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 270 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Magnet (S). Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 15.2% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Magnet (S), 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Magnet (S) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Magnet (S) included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.5%, Labourers 18.2%, Managers 13.4%, Professionals 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Magnet (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.0%, Accommodation 6.6%, Metal Ore Mining 6.2%, Local Government Administration 6.2% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Magnet (S) was $582.

In Mount Magnet (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.2%, Walked only 13.0%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 5.9% and Other 4.3%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Magnet (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.3% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Magnet (S), 10.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Magnet (S), 37.6% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Magnet (S) 11.5% of single parents were male and 88.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Magnet (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Magnet (S), of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 7.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Magnet (S), 64.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Magnet (S), 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Mount Magnet (S), of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Magnet (S), 32.0% were owned outright, 8.6% were owned with a mortgage and 53.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Magnet (S), of all households, 62.9% were family households, 34.0% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Mount Magnet (S), 29.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Mount Magnet (S), 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Magnet (S), there were 234 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 106 (or 45.3%) were male and 128 (or 54.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Magnet (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $681.

In Mount Magnet (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.