Laverton (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,227 people in Laverton (S) of these 68.9% were male and 31.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 28.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Laverton (S) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.3% of the population.

Of people in Laverton (S) aged 15 years and over, 34.3% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laverton (S) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Laverton (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 26.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laverton (S) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Laverton (S) 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 8.5% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laverton (S) were English 21.5%, Australian 19.9%, Australian Aboriginal 18.5%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 6.4%.

In Laverton (S), 69.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.1%, England 4.0%, Philippines 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Zimbabwe 0.5%.

In Laverton (S), 62.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laverton (S) were No Religion 23.7%, Churches of Christ 18.4%, Catholic 16.4%, Anglican 10.6% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Laverton (S) 68.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Wangkatha 8.9%, Ngaanyatjarra 3.8%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 774 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laverton (S). Of these 72.9% were employed full time, 14.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laverton (S), 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laverton (S) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Laverton (S) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 29.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 25.8%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 10.3%, Managers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3% and Sales Workers 0.7%.

Of the employed people in Laverton (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 41.9%, Other Mining Support Services 8.1%, Local Government Administration 5.5%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 4.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laverton (S) was $1,460.

In Laverton (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 23.9%, Bus 20.3%, Walked only 18.7%, Other 11.6% and Car, as passenger 10.0%. On the day, 21.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laverton (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Laverton (S), 18.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laverton (S), 38.2% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Laverton (S) 9.1% of single parents were male and 90.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Laverton (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Laverton (S), of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 10.1% had both employed part-time and 10.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laverton (S), 68.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laverton (S), 75.4% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 12.3% were other dwellings.

In Laverton (S), of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laverton (S), 16.2% were owned outright, 8.1% were owned with a mortgage and 69.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Laverton (S), of all households, 61.1% were family households, 36.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Laverton (S), 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Laverton (S), 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laverton (S), there were 350 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 177 (or 50.6%) were male and 173 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Laverton (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $568.

In Laverton (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.