Mount Jukes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 358 people in Mount Jukes of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Jukes was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Jukes aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Jukes was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mount Jukes, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Jukes was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Mount Jukes 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Jukes were English 31.8%, Australian 30.0%, Irish 8.4%, German 7.9% and Scottish 7.5%.

In Mount Jukes, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, England 2.0%, Germany 1.7%, Austria 0.8% and Malta 0.8%.

In Mount Jukes, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Jukes were Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Lutheran 4.5%.

In Mount Jukes 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Spanish 0.8%, Slovene 0.8%, Thai 0.8% and Motu (HiriMotu) 0.8%.

Employment

There were 174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Jukes. Of these 67.8% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Jukes, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Jukes was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Jukes included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.6%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 14.0%, Managers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Jukes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Coal Mining 5.8%, Building Installation Services 4.6%, Hospitals 4.6% and Other Crop Growing 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Jukes was $702.

In Mount Jukes, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 3.5% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Jukes, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.5% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Jukes, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Jukes, 56.3% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Jukes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,321 and those without children was $2,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Jukes, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Jukes, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Jukes, 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 Jukes, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Jukes, 32.8% were owned outright, 50.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Jukes, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Mount Jukes, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Jukes, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Jukes, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Jukes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Mount Jukes, 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.