Lagoon Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 316 people in Lagoon Pocket of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lagoon Pocket was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Lagoon Pocket aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lagoon Pocket was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Lagoon Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lagoon Pocket was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Lagoon Pocket 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.3% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lagoon Pocket were Australian 39.8%, English 31.1%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 7.0% and German 6.1%.

In Lagoon Pocket, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Cyprus 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Lagoon Pocket, 82.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lagoon Pocket were Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 21.2%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Lagoon Pocket 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.9%, French 0.9%, Italian 0.9% and Japanese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lagoon Pocket. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Lagoon Pocket, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lagoon Pocket was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lagoon Pocket included Managers 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Professionals 13.7%, Labourers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Lagoon Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Local Government Administration 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lagoon Pocket was $468.

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In Lagoon Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 2.2% and Car as passenger, other 2.2%. 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 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lagoon Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.0% 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 Lagoon Pocket, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lagoon Pocket, 37.6% were couple families with children, 52.7% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Lagoon Pocket 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lagoon Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $1,687.

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Employment status of couple families

In Lagoon Pocket, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lagoon Pocket, 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lagoon Pocket, 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 Lagoon Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lagoon Pocket, 56.1% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lagoon Pocket, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Lagoon Pocket, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Lagoon Pocket, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lagoon Pocket, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Lagoon Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lagoon Pocket, 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.