Lockhart River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 512 people in Lockhart River of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockhart River was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population.

Of people in Lockhart River aged 15 years and over, 14.6% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockhart River was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Lockhart River, of people aged 15 years and over, 8.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 28.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockhart River was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Lockhart River 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.3% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 2.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockhart River were Australian Aboriginal 67.9%, Australian 9.9%, Torres Strait Islander 6.1%, English 5.6% and German 1.6%.

In Lockhart River, 97.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Austria 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Lockhart River, 94.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockhart River were Anglican 70.8%, No Religion 13.2%, Lutheran 3.3%, Catholic 2.5% and Pentecostal 1.8%.

In Lockhart River 25.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 5.3%, Kuuku-Ya'u 1.8%, Guugu Yimidhirr 1.0% and Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.6%.

Employment

There were 195 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockhart River. Of these 67.2% were employed full time, 11.3% were employed part-time and 14.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockhart River, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockhart River was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Lockhart River included Community and Personal Service Workers 23.2%, Professionals 17.3%, Labourers 17.3%, Managers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lockhart River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 30.8%, School Education 11.8%, Employment Services 8.3%, Hospitals 5.3% and Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockhart River was $298.

In Lockhart River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 59.2%, Car, as driver 18.3%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Other 3.0% and Bus 2.4%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockhart River, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 51.5% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Lockhart River, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockhart River, 31.2% were couple families with children, 25.0% were couple families without children and 32.1% were one parent families.

In Lockhart River 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockhart River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockhart River, of couple families with children, 35.5% 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 Lockhart River, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockhart River, 77.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Lockhart River, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 34.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockhart River, 10.4% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 84.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockhart River, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Lockhart River, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Lockhart River, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockhart River, there were 431 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 204 (or 47.3%) were male and 227 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Lockhart River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,080.

In Lockhart River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.