Mount Clear Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Mount Clear (3350) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 100 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Mount Clear is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Clear was 2,905 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Clear is 35 years of age.

85.5% of people living in the suburb of Mount Clear were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.0% England, 1.0% India, 1.0% China , 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% New Zealand, 0.4% Azerbaijan, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Iran, 0.2% Saudi Arabia, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Kenya.

90.4% of people living in Mount Clear speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.6% Punjabi, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Persian, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Russian.

The religious makeup of Mount Clear is 28.3% No religion, 25.7% Catholic, 13.6% Anglican, 10.0% Uniting Church, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Churches of Christ, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 1.1% Other religious affiliation .

46.3% of people are married, 38.1% have never married and 8.3% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 98 widowed people living in Mount Clear.

53.8% of the people living in Mount Clear over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.4% are working on a part time basis. Mount Clear has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Clear are 24.0% Professionals, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 14.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Sales workers, 9.9% Labourers, 8.8% Managers, 4.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Clear work in are 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 13.0% Education and training, 12.5% Retail trade, 8.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.4% Manufacturing, 7.9% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Construction, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 3.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

32.4% of homes are fully owned, and 32.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $520 per week and the median household income is $1106 per week.

The median rent in Mount Clear is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Clear postcode 3350