Mount Melville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,079 people in Mount Melville of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Melville was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Melville aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Melville was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Melville, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Melville was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Mount Melville 20.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 22.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Melville were English 33.2%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.7% and Italian 4.7%.

In Mount Melville, 70.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, Philippines 3.5%, New Zealand 3.1%, Italy 1.8% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Mount Melville, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Melville were No Religion 30.9%, Anglican 17.5%, Catholic 17.3%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Mount Melville 86.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.8%, Filipino 1.6%, Tagalog 1.4%, Karen 1.0% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 600 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Melville. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Melville, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Melville was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Melville included Professionals 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Labourers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Managers 10.4%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Melville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.9% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Melville was $570.

In Mount Melville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Walked only 6.0%, Other 2.3% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Melville, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Melville, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Melville, 34.5% were couple families with children, 48.3% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Mount Melville 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Melville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,785 and those without children was $2,079.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Melville, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Melville, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Melville, 87.4% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Mount Melville, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Melville, 27.4% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Melville, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Mount Melville, 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Melville, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Melville, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Melville, 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 $533.

In Mount Melville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.