Mount Claremont

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,375 people in Mount Claremont of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Claremont was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Claremont aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Claremont was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Claremont, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Claremont was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mount Claremont 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Claremont were English 31.1%, Australian 23.1%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.3% and Chinese 3.5%.

In Mount Claremont, 62.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.3%, South Africa 3.0%, Scotland 1.9%, Malaysia 1.6% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Mount Claremont, 43.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Claremont were Catholic 25.7%, Anglican 25.4%, No Religion 23.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Mount Claremont 85.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.3%, German 1.0%, Cantonese 1.0%, Dutch 0.8% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Claremont. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Claremont, 17.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Claremont was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Claremont included Professionals 41.6%, Managers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Claremont, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.4%, Hospitals 5.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.6% and Tertiary Education 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Claremont was $722.

In Mount Claremont, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.0%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 3.7% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Claremont, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 Claremont, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Claremont, 51.1% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Claremont 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Claremont, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,447 and those without children was $3,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Claremont, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Claremont, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Claremont, 83.5% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Mount Claremont, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 32.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Claremont, 41.3% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Claremont, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Mount Claremont, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.4% 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 Claremont, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Claremont, 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 21 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 Claremont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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