Mount Keira

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,522 people in Mount Keira of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Keira was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Keira aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Keira was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Keira, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Keira was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Mount Keira 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 29.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Keira were Australian 27.6%, English 25.8%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.7% and Italian 5.9%.

In Mount Keira, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Italy 1.7%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Mount Keira, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Keira were Catholic 29.5%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 18.5%, Eastern Orthodox 7.1% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

In Mount Keira 83.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.6%, Italian 2.2%, Serbian 1.2%, Greek 1.1% and Burmese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 806 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Keira. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Keira, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Keira was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Keira included Professionals 31.9%, Managers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Mount Keira, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.5%, School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.5%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Keira was $648.

In Mount Keira, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Walked only 1.6%, Train 1.4% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Keira, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Keira, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Keira, 51.2% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Keira 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Keira, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,734 and those without children was $2,607.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Keira, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 30.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Keira, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Keira, 91.8% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Keira, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Keira, 42.8% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Keira, of all households, 82.2% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Mount Keira, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.6% 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 Keira, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Keira, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Keira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $419.

In Mount Keira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.