Little River (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,393 people in Little River (Vic.) of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Little River (Vic.) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Little River (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Little River (Vic.) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Little River (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Little River (Vic.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Little River (Vic.) 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Little River (Vic.) were Australian 30.4%, English 25.7%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.9% and Maltese 5.9%.

In Little River (Vic.), 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Malta 2.2%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.9% and Lebanon 0.9%.

In Little River (Vic.), 63.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Little River (Vic.) were Catholic 29.8%, No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Little River (Vic.) 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 2.4%, Arabic 1.8%, Greek 1.1%, Italian 0.6% and Macedonian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 745 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Little River (Vic.). Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Little River (Vic.), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Little River (Vic.) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Little River (Vic.) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 13.0%, Professionals 11.4%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Labourers 9.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Little River (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.1%, School Education 2.9%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Little River (Vic.) was $601.

In Little River (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Train 3.8%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 1.4% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Little River (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Little River (Vic.), 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Little River (Vic.), 51.5% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Little River (Vic.) 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Little River (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,260 and those without children was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

In Little River (Vic.), of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Little River (Vic.), 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little River (Vic.), 99.3% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Little River (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Little River (Vic.), 38.5% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Little River (Vic.), of all households, 83.3% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Little River (Vic.), 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Little River (Vic.), 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Little River (Vic.), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Little River (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

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