Mount Victoria

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 896 people in Mount Victoria of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Victoria was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in Mount Victoria aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Victoria was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Mount Victoria, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Victoria was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Mount Victoria 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 24.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Victoria were English 31.9%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.9% and German 2.5%.

In Mount Victoria, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Canada 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and Ireland 0.4%.

In Mount Victoria, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Victoria were No Religion 28.6%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 15.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Mount Victoria 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.0%, Danish 0.3%, Swedish 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Maltese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 414 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Victoria. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Victoria, 19.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Victoria was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Victoria included Professionals 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Managers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Mount Victoria, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 6.8%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Victoria was $454.

In Mount Victoria, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Train 6.0%, Walked only 4.4%, Car, as passenger 2.6% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Victoria, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Victoria, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Victoria, 37.4% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Victoria, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,656 and those without children was $1,714.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Victoria, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Victoria, 68.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Victoria, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Victoria, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Victoria, 41.5% were owned outright, 35.7% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Victoria, of all households, 59.8% were family households, 34.9% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Mount Victoria, 32.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Victoria, 49.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Victoria, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 63.6%) were male and 4 (or 36.4%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Victoria, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Mount Victoria, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.