Camp Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,258 people in Camp Mountain of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Camp Mountain was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Camp Mountain aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Camp Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Camp Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Camp Mountain was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Camp Mountain 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 27.2% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Camp Mountain were English 32.4%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.7% and German 4.1%.

In Camp Mountain, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1.0%, Italy 0.9% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Camp Mountain, 66.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Camp Mountain were No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Camp Mountain 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Italian 0.6%, Cantonese 0.6%, Dutch 0.6% and Hungarian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 687 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Camp Mountain. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Camp Mountain, 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Camp Mountain was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Camp Mountain included Professionals 25.3%, Managers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Camp Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.0%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.1% and State Government Administration 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Camp Mountain was $757.

In Camp Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.5%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 4.2%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Camp Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Camp Mountain, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Camp Mountain, 51.6% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Camp Mountain 11.4% of single parents were male and 88.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Camp Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,732 and those without children was $2,527.

Employment status of couple families

In Camp Mountain, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Camp Mountain, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camp Mountain, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Camp Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 26.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camp Mountain, 43.9% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Camp Mountain, of all households, 88.1% were family households, 10.7% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Camp Mountain, 10.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.2% 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 Camp Mountain, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Camp Mountain, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Camp Mountain, 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 $2,083.

In Camp Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.