Long Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 279 people in Long Pocket of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Long Pocket was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Long Pocket aged 15 years and over, 64.6% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Long Pocket was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Long Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Long Pocket was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Long Pocket 19.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Long Pocket were Italian 30.6%, English 22.6%, Australian 21.8%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Long Pocket, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.9%, England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Ireland 1.1% and South Africa 1.1%.

In Long Pocket, 65.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Long Pocket were Catholic 58.2%, Anglican 13.2%, No Religion 10.7%, Lutheran 3.9% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Long Pocket 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 6.5%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Long Pocket. Of these 74.0% were employed full time, 18.8% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Long Pocket, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Long Pocket was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Long Pocket included Managers 29.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Professionals 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Long Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 20.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.5%, School Education 6.5%, Local Government Administration 4.6% and Residential Care Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Long Pocket was $604.

In Long Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Bus 2.6%, Truck 2.6% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Long Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Long Pocket, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Long Pocket, 41.9% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Long Pocket 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Long Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Long Pocket, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Long Pocket, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Pocket, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Long Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Pocket, 51.4% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Long Pocket, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Long Pocket, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Long Pocket, 15.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Long Pocket, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Long Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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