Mount Nelson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,434 people in Mount Nelson of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Nelson was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Nelson aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Nelson was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mount Nelson, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Nelson was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Nelson 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 38.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Nelson were English 31.1%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.3%.

In Mount Nelson, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Mount Nelson, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Nelson were No Religion 37.7%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 14.2%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

In Mount Nelson 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.1%, French 0.9%, German 0.7%, Japanese 0.6% and Thai 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,280 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Nelson. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Nelson, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Nelson was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Nelson included Professionals 38.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Mount Nelson, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.4%, Tertiary Education 8.4%, State Government Administration 7.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1% and Hospitals 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Nelson was $662.

In Mount Nelson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 4.8%, Walked only 3.3% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Nelson, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.2% 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 Nelson, 33.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Nelson, 38.8% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Nelson 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Nelson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,779 and those without children was $2,238.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Nelson, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Nelson, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nelson, 77.9% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Nelson, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 25.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Nelson, 39.0% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Nelson, of all households, 64.9% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Mount Nelson, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Nelson, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Nelson, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 50.0%) were male and 11 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Nelson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Mount Nelson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $86 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,000.