Mount Nasura

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,983 people in Mount Nasura of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Nasura was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Nasura aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Nasura was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mount Nasura, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Nasura was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Nasura 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Nasura were English 36.5%, Australian 22.6%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.2% and Dutch 4.9%.

In Mount Nasura, 59.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 18.0%, New Zealand 2.9%, Netherlands 1.8%, Scotland 1.8% and South Africa 1.6%.

In Mount Nasura, 33.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Nasura were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 22.2%, Catholic 18.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Mount Nasura 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 1.7%, Italian 1.3%, German 1.1%, Afrikaans 1.0% and Danish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,619 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Nasura. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Nasura, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Nasura was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Nasura included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Professionals 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Nasura, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Hospitals 4.0%, Building Installation Services 2.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Nasura was $635.

In Mount Nasura, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 3.7%, Walked only 2.0% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Nasura, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Nasura, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Nasura, 42.0% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Nasura 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Nasura, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $2,261.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Nasura, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nasura, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Nasura, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nasura, 41.9% were owned outright, 45.3% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Nasura, of all households, 80.4% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Mount Nasura, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Nasura, 25.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Nasura, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 60.0%) were male and 12 (or 40.0%) 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 Nasura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Mount Nasura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,863.