Lowanna

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 323 people in Lowanna of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lowanna was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Lowanna aged 15 years and over, 33.5% were married and 21.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lowanna was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Lowanna, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lowanna was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lowanna 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lowanna were Australian 33.6%, English 28.4%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 5.4% and German 3.8%.

In Lowanna, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Lowanna, 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lowanna were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 12.1%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Lowanna 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.9% and German 1.6%.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lowanna. Of these 36.8% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 24.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Lowanna, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lowanna was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Lowanna included Labourers 18.0%, Managers 14.0%, Professionals 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lowanna, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9%, Other Livestock Farming 2.9%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 2.9%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 2.9% and Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lowanna was $373.

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In Lowanna, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 8.2% and Truck 4.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lowanna, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 13.7% 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 Lowanna, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lowanna, 27.1% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 32.9% were one parent families.

In Lowanna 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lowanna, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $833 and those without children was $1,312.

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Employment status of couple families

In Lowanna, of couple families with children, 6.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lowanna, 85.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowanna, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lowanna, of occupied private dwellings 10.4% had 1 bedroom, 32.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowanna, 44.1% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lowanna, of all households, 56.3% were family households, 39.7% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Lowanna, 50.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Lowanna, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lowanna, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 28.6%) were male and 15 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Lowanna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $524.

In Lowanna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,375.