Mount Samson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 566 people in Mount Samson of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Samson was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Samson aged 15 years and over, 69.0% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Samson was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Mount Samson, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Samson was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Mount Samson 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.7% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Samson were English 36.3%, Australian 30.0%, Irish 10.3%, German 5.5% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Mount Samson, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Canada 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Mount Samson, 63.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Samson were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 21.9%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Mount Samson 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.9% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 303 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Samson. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Samson, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Samson was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Samson included Professionals 28.4%, Managers 20.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Samson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.8%, School Education 4.4%, Hospitals 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Samson was $709.

In Mount Samson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Truck 3.7%, Train, car as driver 3.7%, Walked only 2.7% and Car, as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Samson, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.8% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Samson, 33.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Samson, 56.6% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Samson 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Samson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,866 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Samson, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Samson, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Samson, 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 Samson, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 26.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Samson, 33.9% were owned outright, 58.5% were owned with a mortgage and 4.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Samson, of all households, 95.3% were family households, 4.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mount Samson, 15.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.3% 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 Samson, 15.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Samson, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Samson, 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 Samson, 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.