Liverpool

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 24,095 people in Liverpool of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Liverpool was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Liverpool aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Liverpool was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Liverpool, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Liverpool was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Liverpool 36.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.6% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Liverpool were Serbian 8.6%, Australian 8.4%, Indian 8.0%, English 7.5% and Iraqi 5.9%.

In Liverpool, 32.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 9.5%, India 5.9%, Croatia 4.0%, Fiji 3.2% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2%.

In Liverpool, 12.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 82.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Liverpool were Catholic 20.5%, Islam 13.3%, Eastern Orthodox 13.0%, Hinduism 7.5% and Miscellaneous Religions 7.1%.

In Liverpool 23.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 16.4%, Serbian 9.9%, Hindi 4.5%, Vietnamese 3.4% and Spanish 2.5%.

Employment

There were 8,606 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Liverpool. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 10.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Liverpool, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Liverpool was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Liverpool included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Labourers 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Liverpool, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Residential Building Construction 2.9%, School Education 2.5% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Liverpool was $384.

In Liverpool, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.1%, Train 10.6%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 6.1% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 17.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Liverpool, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.8% 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 Liverpool, 17.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Liverpool, 50.4% were couple families with children, 25.5% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Liverpool 13.3% of single parents were male and 86.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Liverpool, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $1,814.

Employment status of couple families

In Liverpool, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 9.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Liverpool, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liverpool, 35.8% were separate houses, 12.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 51.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Liverpool, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 49.8% had 2 bedrooms and 30.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liverpool, 19.7% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 50.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Liverpool, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Liverpool, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Liverpool, 44.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Liverpool, there were 258 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 132 (or 51.2%) were male and 126 (or 48.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Liverpool, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Liverpool, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.