Mount Lewis

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,104 people in Mount Lewis of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Lewis was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Lewis aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Lewis was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Lewis, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Lewis was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Mount Lewis 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Lewis were Lebanese 32.6%, Australian 10.7%, English 9.8%, Greek 7.5% and Vietnamese 5.2%.

In Mount Lewis, 53.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Lebanon 17.8%, Vietnam 3.2%, Greece 3.1%, Syria 2.6% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Mount Lewis, 15.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 74.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Lewis were Catholic 37.1%, Islam 23.9%, Eastern Orthodox 15.5%, Anglican 5.3% and No Religion 3.4%.

In Mount Lewis 24.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 44.4%, Greek 8.7%, Vietnamese 5.6%, Samoan 1.5% and Croatian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 393 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Lewis. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Lewis, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Lewis was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Lewis included Professionals 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 14.5%, Labourers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Lewis, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, School Education 3.7%, Building Completion Services 3.1%, Hospitals 2.8% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Lewis was $347.

In Mount Lewis, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Train 6.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Train, car as driver 2.3%. On the day, 14.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Lewis, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.5% 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 Lewis, 18.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Lewis, 51.2% were couple families with children, 25.1% were couple families without children and 22.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Lewis 12.5% of single parents were male and 87.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Lewis, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,222 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Lewis, of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.3% had both employed part-time and 8.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Lewis, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lewis, 98.8% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Lewis, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lewis, 35.8% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Lewis, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Mount Lewis, 33.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Lewis, 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Lewis, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Lewis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Mount Lewis, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.