Mount Low

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,391 people in Mount Low of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Low was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Mount Low aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Low was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Low, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Low was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Mount Low 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Low were Australian 34.1%, English 26.8%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 3.9%.

In Mount Low, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.0%, South Africa 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4% and India 0.3%.

In Mount Low, 75.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Low were Catholic 29.4%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Mount Low 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Samoan 0.2%, Tokelauan 0.2% and Hindi 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,253 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Low. Of these 67.4% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Low, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Low was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Low included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Professionals 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Labourers 9.6%, Managers 9.4% and Sales Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Low, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.6%, School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Building Installation Services 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Low was $808.

In Mount Low, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 2.2%, Bus 1.6% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Low, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Mount Low, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Low, 56.3% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Low 22.9% of single parents were male and 77.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Low, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,345 and those without children was $2,058.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Low, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Low, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Low, 97.8% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Mount Low, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Low, 16.0% were owned outright, 63.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Low, of all households, 89.8% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Mount Low, 7.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Low, 17.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Low, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 44 (or 50.0%) were male and 44 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Low, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,818.

In Mount Low, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,721.