Mount Whitestone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 211 people in Mount Whitestone of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Whitestone was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Mount Whitestone aged 15 years and over, 65.2% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Whitestone was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Mount Whitestone, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Whitestone was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Whitestone 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 35.4% in secondary school and 4.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Whitestone were Australian 34.6%, English 27.2%, German 15.4%, Scottish 5.4% and Irish 5.0%.

In Mount Whitestone, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.4% and Singapore 1.9%.

In Mount Whitestone, 85.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Whitestone were Anglican 23.6%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 11.5%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Mount Whitestone 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 98 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Whitestone. Of these 69.4% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Whitestone, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Whitestone was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Whitestone included Managers 38.7%, Labourers 17.2%, Professionals 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%, Sales Workers 4.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Whitestone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 9.7%, State Government Administration 5.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.3% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Whitestone was $383.

In Mount Whitestone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.1%, Walked only 10.9%, Truck 4.3%, Motorbike/scooter 3.3% and Other 3.3%. 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 51.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Whitestone, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Whitestone, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Whitestone, 49.2% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Whitestone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Whitestone, of couple families with children, 34.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Whitestone, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Whitestone, 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 Whitestone, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Whitestone, 35.5% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Whitestone, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Mount Whitestone, 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Whitestone, 18.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Whitestone, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Whitestone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Mount Whitestone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.