Mount Alford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in Mount Alford of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Alford was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Alford aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 8.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Alford was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Mount Alford, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% 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 Alford was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Alford 21.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.1% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Alford were English 30.2%, Australian 27.3%, German 12.0%, Irish 9.9% and Scottish 8.1%.

In Mount Alford, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.3%, India 1.2%, South Africa 1.2% and Sweden 1.2%.

In Mount Alford, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Alford were Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 16.5%, Uniting Church 16.5%, Catholic 13.0% and Lutheran 8.7%.

In Mount Alford 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 1.4%.

Employment

There were 178 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Alford. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Alford, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Alford was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Alford included Managers 20.0%, Labourers 18.3%, Professionals 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Mount Alford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 6.2%, Residential Care Services 5.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, School Education 4.5% and Other Construction Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Alford was $500.

In Mount Alford, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.4%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Walked only 3.4% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Alford, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Alford, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Alford, 42.9% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Mount Alford 55.6% of single parents were male and 44.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Alford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,199.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Alford, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Alford, 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Alford, 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 Alford, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Alford, 37.5% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Alford, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 23.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Alford, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Alford, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Alford, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Alford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Mount Alford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.