Mount Helena

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,156 people in Mount Helena of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Helena was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Helena aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Helena was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mount Helena, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% 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 Helena was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Mount Helena 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Helena were English 36.3%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 6.8% and German 2.9%.

In Mount Helena, 70.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.2%, New Zealand 3.5%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.6% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Mount Helena, 50.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Helena were No Religion 35.7%, Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 12.6%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Mount Helena 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, French 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Polish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,620 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Helena. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Helena, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mount Helena included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Professionals 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.8%, Labourers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Helena, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.1%, Metal Ore Mining 2.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Helena was $652.

In Mount Helena, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 2.1%, Truck 2.0% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Helena, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Helena, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Helena, 47.1% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Helena 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Helena, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,367 and those without children was $2,170.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Helena, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Helena, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Helena, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Mount Helena, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 33.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Helena, 32.8% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Helena, of all households, 83.4% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Mount Helena, 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Helena, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Helena, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 50.0%) were male and 17 (or 50.0%) 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 Helena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Mount Helena, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,700.