Mount Sheridan (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,994 people in Mount Sheridan (Qld) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Sheridan (Qld) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Mount Sheridan (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Sheridan (Qld) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Sheridan (Qld) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld) 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Sheridan (Qld) were Australian 28.0%, English 23.9%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.2% and Italian 4.2%.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 3.1%, Philippines 1.9%, Papua New Guinea 1.8% and Japan 1.5%.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), 57.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Sheridan (Qld) were Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 21.0%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld) 80.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 2.2%, Tagalog 0.9%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 4,281 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Sheridan (Qld). Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Sheridan (Qld), 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Sheridan (Qld) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Sheridan (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Professionals 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 10.0%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Sheridan (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Accommodation 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Sheridan (Qld) was $681.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 1.6%, Other 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.7% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Sheridan (Qld), 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Sheridan (Qld), 45.2% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld) 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,104 and those without children was $1,965.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Sheridan (Qld), 97.7% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Sheridan (Qld), 21.1% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 31.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), of all households, 81.4% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Sheridan (Qld), 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), there were 561 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 266 (or 47.4%) were male and 295 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Sheridan (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,139.

In Mount Sheridan (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.