Mount Mellum Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Mount Mellum (4550) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 74 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Mount Mellum is in the federal electorate of Fisher.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Mellum was 446 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Mellum is 45 years of age.

79.8% of people living in the suburb of Mount Mellum were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.2% England, 2.7% New Zealand, 1.8% Scotland, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% Czech Republic, 0.9% Canada, 0.9% Netherlands, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Papua New Guinea, 0.7% Philippines.

93.5% of people living in Mount Mellum speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Other, 1.6% German.

The religious makeup of Mount Mellum is 27.1% No religion, 18.8% Anglican, 18.4% Catholic, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.0% Christian, nfd, 5.2% Uniting Church, 4.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Pentecostal, 2.0% Baptist, 1.3% Salvation Army.

52.5% of people are married, 28.7% have never married and 13.4% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 12 widowed people living in Mount Mellum.

48.2% of the people living in Mount Mellum over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 39.8% are working on a part time basis. Mount Mellum has an unemployment rate of 8.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Mellum are 18.5% Professionals, 17.1% Managers, 13.7% Labourers, 12.8% Technicians & trades workers, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Mellum work in are 13.6% Retail trade, 12.2% Construction, 11.3% Education and training, 10.3% Accommodation and food services, 9.9% Health care and social assistance, 8.5% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Administrative and support services, 4.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.2% Professional, scientific and technical services.

37.4% of homes are fully owned, and 41.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $528 per week and the median household income is $1025 per week.

The median rent in Mount Mellum is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1650 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Mellum postcode 4550