Mount View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 251 people in Mount View of these 43.8% were male and 56.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount View was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount View aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount View was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Mount View, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount View was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Mount View 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 40.7% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount View were English 37.0%, Australian 32.8%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.8% and German 6.4%.

In Mount View, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.6%, Scotland 1.6% and Malta 1.2%.

In Mount View, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount View were Anglican 36.1%, Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 18.9%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Mount View 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount View. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Mount View, 21.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount View was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mount View included Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Professionals 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.4%, Coal Mining 6.5%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.6%, Residential Care Services 5.6% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount View was $410.

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In Mount View, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 4.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount View, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 18.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 View, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount View, 38.3% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Mount View 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $2,083.

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Employment status of couple families

In Mount View, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount View, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount View, 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 View, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount View, 37.1% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount View, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount View, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Mount View, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount View, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 42 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 View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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