Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 304 people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 66.4% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.4% were in primary school, 14.5% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) were Australian 33.9%, English 32.4%, Irish 13.4%, Scottish 8.4% and German 6.7%.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 3.0%, Canada 1.7% and Belgium 1.0%.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 74.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) were Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 23.4%, Uniting Church 16.8%, Anglican 11.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.9%.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) 97.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.3%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld). Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) included Managers 18.1%, Professionals 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, School Education 6.1%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 5.4%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.8% and Residential Building Construction 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) was $619.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Motorbike/scooter 3.4%, Bus, car as passenger 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 83.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 59.6% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,111 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 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 Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 39.6% were owned outright, 41.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), of all households, 87.3% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 17.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Mount Pleasant (Moreton Bay - Qld), 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.