Mount Morgan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,558 people in Mount Morgan of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Morgan was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Morgan aged 15 years and over, 37.5% were married and 19.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Morgan was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Mount Morgan, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Morgan was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Morgan 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Morgan were Australian 34.6%, English 28.6%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.6%.

In Mount Morgan, 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.9%, United States of America 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Mount Morgan, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Morgan were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9%.

In Mount Morgan 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.4%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.2%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.1% and Czech 0.1%.

Employment

There were 745 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Morgan. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 23.8% were employed part-time and 12.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Morgan, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Morgan was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Morgan included Labourers 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Professionals 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Morgan, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.8%, Hospitals 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, Coal Mining 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Morgan was $365.

In Mount Morgan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 7.6%, Truck 1.4% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Morgan, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Morgan, 18.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Morgan, 28.6% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 27.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Morgan 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Morgan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,853 and those without children was $1,517.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Morgan, of couple families with children, 10.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 8.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Morgan, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Morgan, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Mount Morgan, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.9% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Morgan, 46.0% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Morgan, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 37.8% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Mount Morgan, 47.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Morgan, 46.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Morgan, there were 306 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 138 (or 45.1%) were male and 168 (or 54.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Morgan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $737.

In Mount Morgan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $145 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.