Mount Pritchard

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,044 people in Mount Pritchard of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Pritchard was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Pritchard aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Pritchard was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Pritchard, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Pritchard was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Pritchard 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Pritchard were Australian 14.7%, English 12.7%, Vietnamese 12.4%, Italian 6.2% and Chinese 5.4%.

In Mount Pritchard, 53.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 10.7%, Italy 2.7%, Lebanon 2.0%, Cambodia 2.0% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Mount Pritchard, 25.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Pritchard were Catholic 30.2%, Buddhism 15.2%, Anglican 11.0%, Eastern Orthodox 9.3% and No Religion 8.9%.

In Mount Pritchard 39.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 15.9%, Arabic 7.5%, Serbian 4.6%, Italian 4.4% and Khmer 2.4%.

Employment

There were 3,547 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Pritchard. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Pritchard, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Pritchard was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Pritchard included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Labourers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Professionals 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Pritchard, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, School Education 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Residential Building Construction 2.6% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Pritchard was $389.

In Mount Pritchard, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Train 4.3%, Bus 2.4% and Train, bus 2.3%. On the day, 12.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Pritchard, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 11.4% 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 Pritchard, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Pritchard, 48.3% were couple families with children, 24.5% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Pritchard 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Pritchard, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,011 and those without children was $1,689.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Pritchard, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Pritchard, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pritchard, 86.0% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Mount Pritchard, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pritchard, 32.4% were owned outright, 35.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Pritchard, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Mount Pritchard, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Pritchard, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Pritchard, there were 165 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 50.3%) were male and 82 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Pritchard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Mount Pritchard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $328 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.