Mossiface

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 308 people in Mossiface of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mossiface was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Mossiface aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mossiface was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mossiface, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mossiface was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mossiface 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 32.0% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mossiface were Australian 36.1%, English 30.9%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 6.6% and German 3.5%.

In Mossiface, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Germany 1.0%, India 1.0%, Ireland 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Mossiface, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mossiface were No Religion 30.8%, Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 12.3%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.3%.

In Mossiface 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Irish 1.0%, German 1.0% and Swahili 1.0%.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mossiface. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 10.1% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Mossiface, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mossiface was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Mossiface included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.2%, Labourers 14.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Managers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8% and Professionals 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Mossiface, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.5%, Other Health Care Services 7.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.2%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 5.4% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mossiface was $383.

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In Mossiface, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Bus 2.3%, Bicycle 2.3% and Bus, car as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mossiface, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Mossiface, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mossiface, 48.3% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Mossiface 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mossiface, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,531.

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Employment status of couple families

In Mossiface, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mossiface, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mossiface, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Mossiface, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mossiface, 42.7% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mossiface, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mossiface, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Mossiface, 28.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mossiface, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Mossiface, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Mossiface, 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.