Mount Schank

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in Mount Schank of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Schank was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Schank aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Schank was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Schank, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Schank was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Schank 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.5% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Schank were Australian 33.6%, English 31.8%, Scottish 8.1%, German 7.9% and Irish 5.4%.

In Mount Schank, 91.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 1.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Mount Schank, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Schank were No Religion 31.8%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 14.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.1% and Uniting Church 8.8%.

In Mount Schank 98.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Schank. Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Schank, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Schank was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Schank included Managers 41.3%, Professionals 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Labourers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Schank, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 22.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.2%, Forestry and Logging 2.8%, Recreational Goods Retailing 2.8% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Schank was $643.

In Mount Schank, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Walked only 5.1%, Truck 2.8%, Motorbike/scooter 2.8% and Car, as passenger 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 63.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Schank, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.8% 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 Schank, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Schank, 43.8% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mount Schank, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,531 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Schank, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Schank, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Schank, 97.2% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Schank, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Schank, 38.9% were owned outright, 38.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Schank, of all households, 83.5% were family households, 13.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Mount Schank, 15.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Schank, 17.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Schank, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Schank, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Mount Schank, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.