Mount Barker Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in Mount Barker Springs of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Barker Springs was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Barker Springs aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Barker Springs was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Mount Barker Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Barker Springs was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Mount Barker Springs 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Barker Springs were English 36.3%, Australian 24.2%, German 11.5%, Scottish 8.7% and Irish 6.9%.

In Mount Barker Springs, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.0%, Germany 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, Argentina 0.9% and Greece 0.9%.

In Mount Barker Springs, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Barker Springs were No Religion 35.6%, Catholic 14.4%, Anglican 13.5%, Lutheran 8.5% and Baptist 6.2%.

In Mount Barker Springs 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 3.5%, Dutch 0.9% and Hebrew 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Barker Springs. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Barker Springs, 16.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Barker Springs included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Managers 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Professionals 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Barker Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.4%, Hospitals 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, School Education 5.0% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Barker Springs was $646.

In Mount Barker Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 3.4%, Walked only 3.4% and Other 2.8%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Barker Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.1% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.1% 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 Barker Springs, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Barker Springs, 49.0% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 3.9% were one parent families.

In Mount Barker Springs 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Barker Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $2,150.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Barker Springs, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Barker Springs, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Barker Springs, 95.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.6% were other dwellings.

In Mount Barker Springs, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Barker Springs, 41.1% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Barker Springs, of all households, 78.1% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mount Barker Springs, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Barker Springs, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Barker Springs, 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 Barker Springs, 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 $1,125.

In Mount Barker Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.