Mount View Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mount View (2325) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 113 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mount View is in the federal electorate of Hunter.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount View was 2,968 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount View is 41 years of age.

79.5% of people living in the suburb of Mount View were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% England, 1.0% Netherlands, 1.0% Germany, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% India, 0.3% Poland, 0.3% China , 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Canada.

92.3% of people living in Mount View speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.5% Dutch, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Mount View is 25.4% Anglican, 21.6% Catholic, 21.0% No religion, 6.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.2% Christian, nfd, 4.2% Uniting Church, 2.9% Pentecostal, 2.6% Baptist, 1.0% Eastern Orthodox.

58.6% of people are married, 27.8% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 108 widowed people living in Mount View.

61.5% of the people living in Mount View over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.7% are working on a part time basis. Mount View has an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount View are 28.9% Professionals, 17.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Managers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 7.7% Sales workers, 6.3% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount View work in are 15.1% Education and training, 12.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Manufacturing, 8.7% Retail trade, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.2% Construction, 7.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Accommodation and food services, 4.4% Wholesale trade.

41.6% of homes are fully owned, and 47.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $696 per week and the median household income is $1720 per week.

The median rent in Mount View is $325 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2058 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount View postcode 2325