Lockington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 778 people in Lockington of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockington was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Lockington aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockington was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lockington, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockington was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Lockington 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 35.6% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockington were Australian 38.2%, English 30.9%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.5%.

In Lockington, 91.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 0.8%, Cambodia 0.4% and Canada 0.4%.

In Lockington, 85.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockington were Anglican 24.5%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 19.9%, Uniting Church 15.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Lockington 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 0.8% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 361 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockington. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockington, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockington was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Lockington included Managers 35.4%, Labourers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.8%, Professionals 6.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Lockington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 19.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4%, School Education 4.6% and Residential Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockington was $408.

In Lockington, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Motorbike/scooter 2.6% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockington, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Lockington, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockington, 43.1% were couple families with children, 39.3% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Lockington 24.3% of single parents were male and 75.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,152 and those without children was $1,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockington, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockington, 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockington, 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 Lockington, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockington, 42.6% were owned outright, 34.2% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockington, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lockington, 37.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Lockington, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockington, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Lockington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Lockington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $820.