Lochinvar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 941 people in Lochinvar of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lochinvar was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Lochinvar aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lochinvar was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lochinvar, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lochinvar was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Lochinvar 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lochinvar were Australian 36.5%, English 30.6%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.6%.

In Lochinvar, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, Germany 1.2%, Scotland 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4% and Belgium 0.3%.

In Lochinvar, 80.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lochinvar were Catholic 39.0%, Anglican 28.1%, No Religion 9.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

In Lochinvar 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Maltese 0.4%, Polish 0.4% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 481 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lochinvar. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lochinvar, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lochinvar was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Lochinvar included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Professionals 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Managers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Labourers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Lochinvar, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 8.6%, School Education 6.7%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lochinvar was $559.

In Lochinvar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 2.2% and Ferry 0.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lochinvar, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Lochinvar, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lochinvar, 44.8% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Lochinvar 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lochinvar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,460 and those without children was $1,963.

Employment status of couple families

In Lochinvar, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lochinvar, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lochinvar, 99.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lochinvar, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lochinvar, 40.7% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Lochinvar, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Lochinvar, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.6% 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 Lochinvar, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lochinvar, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 60.0%) were male and 6 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Lochinvar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Lochinvar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.