Logan Reserve

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,154 people in Logan Reserve of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Logan Reserve was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Logan Reserve aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Logan Reserve was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Logan Reserve, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Logan Reserve was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Logan Reserve 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Logan Reserve were Australian 29.0%, English 27.5%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.5% and German 5.0%.

In Logan Reserve, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.6%, England 4.6%, Cambodia 1.8%, Samoa 1.3% and Fiji 1.1%.

In Logan Reserve, 52.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Logan Reserve were No Religion 24.8%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 18.0%, Buddhism 5.2% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Logan Reserve 81.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Khmer 3.0%, Samoan 2.5%, Hmong 1.9%, Vietnamese 1.3% and Hindi 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Logan Reserve. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 24.6% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Logan Reserve, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Logan Reserve was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Logan Reserve included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Managers 11.5%, Professionals 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Logan Reserve, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Logan Reserve was $575.

In Logan Reserve, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 4.3%, Train 1.3% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Logan Reserve, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Reserve, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Logan Reserve, 55.6% were couple families with children, 27.7% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Logan Reserve 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Logan Reserve, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,970 and those without children was $1,676.

Employment status of couple families

In Logan Reserve, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Reserve, 99.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Logan Reserve, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.4% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Reserve, 26.2% were owned outright, 42.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Logan Reserve, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Logan Reserve, 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Reserve, 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Logan Reserve, there were 62 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 45.2%) were male and 34 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Reserve, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Logan Reserve, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.