Logan Central

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,172 people in Logan Central of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Logan Central was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Logan Central aged 15 years and over, 36.1% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Logan Central was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Logan Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Logan Central was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Logan Central 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Logan Central were English 20.4%, Australian 19.5%, Samoan 4.9%, Irish 4.6% and Scottish 4.2%.

In Logan Central, 50.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.6%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 3.2%, England 2.5%, Samoa 2.5% and Philippines 1.5%.

In Logan Central, 37.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Logan Central were No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 16.9%, Anglican 12.7%, Baptist 5.4% and Islam 5.1%.

In Logan Central 59.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 5.4%, Karen 1.6%, Arabic 1.3%, Burmese 1.3% and Kirundi (Rundi) 1.3%.

Employment

There were 2,188 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Logan Central. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 14.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Logan Central, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Logan Central was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Logan Central included Labourers 20.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Professionals 6.3% and Managers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Logan Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Hospitals 3.1%, School Education 3.0% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Logan Central was $373.

In Logan Central, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.2%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Train 6.0%, Walked only 3.0% and Bus 2.7%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Logan Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Logan Central, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Logan Central, 41.0% were couple families with children, 26.2% were couple families without children and 29.9% were one parent families.

In Logan Central 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Logan Central, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,538.

Employment status of couple families

In Logan Central, of couple families with children, 13.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 9.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Logan Central, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Central, 71.1% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Logan Central, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 56.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Central, 20.4% were owned outright, 22.4% were owned with a mortgage and 52.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Logan Central, of all households, 68.1% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Logan Central, 34.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Logan Central, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Logan Central, there were 258 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 124 (or 48.1%) were male and 134 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Logan Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $854.

In Logan Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $212 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,059.