Mount Stuart (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,277 people in Mount Stuart (Tas.) of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Stuart (Tas.) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Stuart (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Stuart (Tas.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Stuart (Tas.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.) 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Stuart (Tas.) were English 32.0%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.4%.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.7%, South Africa 0.7% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), 64.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Stuart (Tas.) were No Religion 35.9%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.) 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.2%, Polish 0.8%, German 0.6%, Turkish 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,238 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Stuart (Tas.). Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Stuart (Tas.), 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Stuart (Tas.) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Stuart (Tas.) included Professionals 38.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Stuart (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.6%, State Government Administration 8.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Tertiary Education 4.5% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Stuart (Tas.) was $728.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.6%, Walked only 11.2%, Car, as passenger 9.2%, Bus 5.8% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 82.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Stuart (Tas.), 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Stuart (Tas.), 45.2% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.) 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,787 and those without children was $2,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Stuart (Tas.), 80.5% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Stuart (Tas.), 39.5% were owned outright, 35.1% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), of all households, 63.6% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Stuart (Tas.), 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 67.9%) were male and 9 (or 32.1%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Stuart (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,100.

In Mount Stuart (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $330 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,500.