Mount Mort

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 264 people in Mount Mort of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Mort was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Mort aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Mort was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Mort, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% 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 Mort was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Mort 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 25.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Mort were Australian 29.3%, English 24.3%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 9.2% and German 6.9%.

In Mount Mort, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.6%, United States of America 1.9%, Ireland 1.5% and Italy 1.5%.

In Mount Mort, 77.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Mort were Catholic 28.9%, Anglican 21.4%, No Religion 18.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Christian, nfd 5.3%.

In Mount Mort 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hindi 1.5%, French 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Mort. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Mort, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Mort was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Mort included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Labourers 16.1%, Managers 14.6%, Professionals 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Mount Mort, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.4%, School Education 5.9%, Real Estate Services 3.7%, Child Care Services 3.7% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Mort was $661.

In Mount Mort, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.7%, Walked only 8.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5% and Train, car as driver 3.0%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Mort, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Mort, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Mort, 50.0% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Mount Mort 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Mort, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Mort, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Mort, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Mort, 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 Mort, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Mort, 33.3% were owned outright, 44.1% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Mort, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Mount Mort, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Mort, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Mort, 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 36 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 Mort, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Mount Mort, 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.