Lockyer Waters

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 513 people in Lockyer Waters of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockyer Waters was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Lockyer Waters aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockyer Waters was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lockyer Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockyer Waters was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Lockyer Waters 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockyer Waters were Australian 35.2%, English 29.7%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.5%.

In Lockyer Waters, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 3.7%, Germany 0.8%, Vietnam 0.8% and Albania 0.6%.

In Lockyer Waters, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockyer Waters were Anglican 26.4%, Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Lockyer Waters 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mon-Khmer, nec 0.8%, German 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6%, Albanian 0.6% and Hmong 0.6%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockyer Waters. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockyer Waters, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockyer Waters was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Lockyer Waters included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.2%, Labourers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Managers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Professionals 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Lockyer Waters, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockyer Waters was $387.

In Lockyer Waters, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Other 2.1% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockyer Waters, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Lockyer Waters, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockyer Waters, 38.6% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Lockyer Waters 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockyer Waters, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,639 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockyer Waters, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 13.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockyer Waters, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer Waters, 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 Lockyer Waters, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer Waters, 30.1% were owned outright, 51.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockyer Waters, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Lockyer Waters, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Lockyer Waters, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockyer Waters, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 39.1%) were male and 14 (or 60.9%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Lockyer Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Lockyer Waters, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,365.