Mount Hotham (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 161 people in Mount Hotham (L) of these 63.4% were male and 36.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Hotham (L) was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Hotham (L) aged 15 years and over, 21.2% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Hotham (L) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Hotham (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 23.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Hotham (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Hotham (L) 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.3% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 24.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Hotham (L) were English 30.5%, Australian 21.6%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 7.0% and German 6.1%.

In Mount Hotham (L), 71.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.4%, Nauru 1.9%, New Zealand 1.9% and Northern Ireland 1.9%.

In Mount Hotham (L), 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Hotham (L) were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 15.8%, Anglican 11.4%, Lutheran 2.5% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

In Mount Hotham (L) 79.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Swedish 1.9%.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Hotham (L). Of these 78.8% were employed full time, 18.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Hotham (L), 2.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Hotham (L) was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 21 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Hotham (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.5%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Professionals 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0% and Labourers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Hotham (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 25.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 10.6%, Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring 10.6%, Defence 6.2% and Pipeline and Other Transport 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Hotham (L) was $809.

In Mount Hotham (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 29.2%, Bus 23.9%, Car, as driver 9.7%, Other 5.3% and Train 3.5%. On the day, 25.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 12.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Hotham (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.6% provided care for children and 3.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Hotham (L), 17.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Hotham (L), 35.3% were couple families with children, 64.7% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Hotham (L) 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Hotham (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Hotham (L), of couple families with children, 52.6% had both partners employed full-time, 15.8% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Hotham (L), 13.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 86.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Hotham (L), 11.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 74.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Hotham (L), of occupied private dwellings 35.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 16.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Hotham (L), 13.9% were owned outright, 11.1% were owned with a mortgage and 58.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Hotham (L), of all households, 47.2% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 22.2% were group households.

In Mount Hotham (L), 8.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Hotham (L), 51.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Hotham (L), there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Hotham (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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