Mount Rascal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 271 people in Mount Rascal of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Rascal was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Rascal aged 15 years and over, 66.8% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Rascal was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Mount Rascal, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Rascal was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Mount Rascal 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Rascal were Australian 33.1%, English 22.3%, Irish 11.6%, Scottish 9.4% and German 8.6%.

In Mount Rascal, 81.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 1.5%, Belgium 1.1%, Canada 1.1%, England 1.1% and Fiji 1.1%.

In Mount Rascal, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Rascal were Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 18.6%, No Religion 14.1%, Lutheran 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Mount Rascal 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.9%, Afrikaans 1.5%, Greek 1.5%, Russian 1.5% and Hindi 1.5%.

Employment

There were 138 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Rascal. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Rascal, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Rascal included Professionals 23.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.5%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6% and Labourers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Rascal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.0%, School Education 6.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.4% and Residential Building Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Rascal was $674.

In Mount Rascal, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 78.1%, Car, as passenger 5.8% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Rascal, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.9% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.8% 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 Rascal, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Rascal, 58.0% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Rascal 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Rascal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $2,600.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Rascal, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 35.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Rascal, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Rascal, 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 Rascal, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 24.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Rascal, 40.7% were owned outright, 54.3% were owned with a mortgage and 4.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Rascal, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Rascal, 5.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Rascal, 8.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Rascal, 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 Rascal, 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 $0.

In Mount Rascal, 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.