Lawn Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 381 people in Lawn Hill of these 66.1% were male and 33.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 21.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lawn Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.1% of the population.

Of people in Lawn Hill aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lawn Hill was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Lawn Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lawn Hill was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Lawn Hill 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.8% were in primary school, 3.8% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lawn Hill were Australian 34.4%, English 21.8%, Irish 7.9%, Australian Aboriginal 5.1% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Lawn Hill, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.6%, Greece 1.0%, Canada 0.8%, England 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Lawn Hill, 84.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lawn Hill were Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 19.8%, Anglican 13.8%, Baptist 6.5% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Lawn Hill 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Thai 0.8% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.8%.

Employment

There were 232 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lawn Hill. Of these 78.9% were employed full time, 9.9% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lawn Hill, 3.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 76.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lawn Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Lawn Hill included Labourers 25.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.4%, Managers 14.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.2% and Sales Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Lawn Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.9%, Metal Ore Mining 26.8%, Accommodation 4.5%, Other Administrative Services 3.2% and Construction Material Mining 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lawn Hill was $838.

In Lawn Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 19.9%, Car, as driver 15.8%, Other 14.5%, Bus 14.0% and Car, as passenger 5.9%. On the day, 16.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lawn Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Lawn Hill, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lawn Hill, 51.0% were couple families with children, 43.1% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Lawn Hill 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lawn Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Lawn Hill, of couple families with children, 45.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 6.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lawn Hill, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lawn Hill, 74.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 20.9% were other dwellings.

In Lawn Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lawn Hill, 34.8% were owned outright, 13.0% were owned with a mortgage and 30.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lawn Hill, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lawn Hill, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Lawn Hill, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lawn Hill, there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 63.0%) were male and 30 (or 37.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Lawn Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $741.

In Lawn Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.