Mount Annan - Currans Hill

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 28,575 people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill. Of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.9% of the population.

Of people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 16.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.6% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.7% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Annan - Currans Hill were Australian 28.6%, English 26.6%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 3.2%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.5%, Philippines 0.7%, India 0.7% and Fiji 0.6%.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 55.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 61.8%, England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, Italy 1.6% and Scotland 1.5%.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 65.2%, England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.4% and Philippines 1.2%.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Annan - Currans Hill were Catholic 31.8%, Anglican 22.1%, No Religion, so described 22.0%, Not stated 5.7% and Uniting Church 2.3%. In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (71.3%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill 84.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.6%, Arabic 1.1%, Hindi 0.7%, Mandarin 0.5% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 16,023 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Annan - Currans Hill. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Mount Annan - Currans Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 8.7% and Labourers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.4%, Primary Education 3.1%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and Takeaway Food Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Annan - Currans Hill was $845.

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In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 3.2%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Worked at home 2.8%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 56.8% were couple families with children, 25.9% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, of couple families with children, 31.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 94.0% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 1.7% had 2 bedrooms and 31.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 18.6% were owned outright, 58.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 8.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 22.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 22.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 91.8% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, 51.2% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 48.8% were female. The median age was 20 years.

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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.

In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,227.

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In Mount Annan - Currans Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,223.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)