Mount Riverview

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,968 people in Mount Riverview of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Riverview was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Riverview aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Riverview was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Riverview, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Riverview was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mount Riverview 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Riverview were Australian 31.9%, English 29.5%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.1%.

In Mount Riverview, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Netherlands 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Mount Riverview, 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Riverview were Anglican 25.3%, Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 21.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Mount Riverview 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Czech 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,601 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Riverview. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Riverview, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Riverview was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Riverview included Professionals 28.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Managers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Mount Riverview, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.9%, Hospitals 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Riverview was $696.

In Mount Riverview, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Train 5.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train, car as driver 2.9% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 11.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Riverview, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Riverview, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Riverview, 48.3% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Riverview 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Riverview, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,661 and those without children was $2,294.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Riverview, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Riverview, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Riverview, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Riverview, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Riverview, 41.8% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Riverview, of all households, 84.0% were family households, 14.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Mount Riverview, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% 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 Riverview, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Riverview, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 60.0%) were male and 10 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Riverview, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,056.

In Mount Riverview, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,113.