Mount Coot-tha

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 43,823 people in Mount Coot-tha of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Coot-tha was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Coot-tha aged 15 years and over, 35.2% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Coot-tha was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mount Coot-tha, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Coot-tha was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Mount Coot-tha 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.8% were in primary school, 11.2% in secondary school and 48.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Coot-tha were English 25.7%, Australian 22.7%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.3%.

In Mount Coot-tha, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 3.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%, India 1.2% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Mount Coot-tha, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Coot-tha were No Religion 33.0%, Catholic 25.4%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Mount Coot-tha 81.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Spanish 1.0%, Italian 0.9%, Cantonese 0.9% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 27,569 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Coot-tha. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Coot-tha, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Coot-tha was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Coot-tha included Professionals 41.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Labourers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Coot-tha, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 5.2%, Tertiary Education 5.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Coot-tha was $856.

In Mount Coot-tha, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.1%, Bus 11.7%, Walked only 8.7%, Train 5.9% and Car, as passenger 4.4%. On the day, 20.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Coot-tha, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Coot-tha, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Coot-tha, 38.7% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Coot-tha 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Coot-tha, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,283 and those without children was $2,645.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Coot-tha, of couple families with children, 29.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Coot-tha, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coot-tha, 55.7% were separate houses, 7.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Mount Coot-tha, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.5% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coot-tha, 22.6% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 47.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Coot-tha, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 15.8% were group households.

In Mount Coot-tha, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.8% 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 Coot-tha, 42.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Coot-tha, there were 268 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 135 (or 50.4%) were male and 133 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Coot-tha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,657.

In Mount Coot-tha, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,790.