Loxton Waikerie (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,287 people in Loxton Waikerie (DC) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Loxton Waikerie (DC) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Loxton Waikerie (DC) aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Loxton Waikerie (DC) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Loxton Waikerie (DC) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC) 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.4% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Loxton Waikerie (DC) were Australian 31.8%, English 28.1%, German 16.3%, Scottish 5.2% and Irish 4.7%.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, India 0.9%, New Zealand 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Greece 0.5%.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Loxton Waikerie (DC) were Lutheran 23.1%, No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 11.8%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Catholic 11.0%.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC) 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Punjabi 0.9%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.3% and Hazaraghi 0.2%.

Employment

There were 5,402 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Loxton Waikerie (DC). Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Loxton Waikerie (DC), 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Loxton Waikerie (DC) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Loxton Waikerie (DC) included Managers 21.3%, Labourers 19.8%, Professionals 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Loxton Waikerie (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.4%, School Education 6.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9% and Hospitals 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Loxton Waikerie (DC) was $458.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Walked only 6.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Other 0.9% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.4% 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 Loxton Waikerie (DC), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Loxton Waikerie (DC), 37.7% were couple families with children, 48.2% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC) 23.4% of single parents were male and 76.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,604 and those without children was $1,476.

Employment status of couple families

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loxton Waikerie (DC), 90.4% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loxton Waikerie (DC), 39.5% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), of all households, 70.0% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), 35.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Loxton Waikerie (DC), 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), there were 232 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 116 (or 50.0%) were male and 116 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Loxton Waikerie (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $660.

In Loxton Waikerie (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $145 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.