Mount Barker (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,761 people in Mount Barker (WA) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Barker (WA) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Mount Barker (WA) aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Barker (WA) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Barker (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Barker (WA) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Mount Barker (WA) 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Barker (WA) were English 33.7%, Australian 32.9%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.7% and German 2.8%.

In Mount Barker (WA), 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Afghanistan 1.6%, Germany 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Mount Barker (WA), 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Barker (WA) were No Religion 30.3%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 11.6%, Baptist 5.7% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Mount Barker (WA) 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Persian (excluding Dari) 0.9%, German 0.8%, Hazaraghi 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.5% and Cantonese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,293 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Barker (WA). Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Barker (WA), 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Barker (WA) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Barker (WA) included Managers 20.8%, Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Professionals 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Barker (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.7%, School Education 5.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.0%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.7% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Barker (WA) was $476.

In Mount Barker (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 5.1%, Other 1.6% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Barker (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Barker (WA), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Barker (WA), 37.1% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Barker (WA) 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Barker (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,808 and those without children was $1,531.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Barker (WA), of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Barker (WA), 81.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Barker (WA), 88.5% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Barker (WA), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.3% 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 Barker (WA), 36.9% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 27.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Barker (WA), of all households, 73.5% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Mount Barker (WA), 34.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Barker (WA), 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Barker (WA), there were 127 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 45.7%) were male and 69 (or 54.3%) 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 Barker (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $675.

In Mount Barker (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.