Point Lookout

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 678 people in Point Lookout of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Lookout was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Point Lookout aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Lookout was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Point Lookout, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Lookout was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Point Lookout 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Lookout were English 28.6%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 11.7%, Scottish 11.2% and German 5.8%.

In Point Lookout, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.5%, South Africa 0.7% and Argentina 0.4%.

In Point Lookout, 67.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Lookout were No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 25.9%, Catholic 18.1%, Buddhism 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Point Lookout 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 0.7%, Hungarian 0.6%, Russian 0.6% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 345 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Lookout. Of these 48.1% were employed full time, 42.0% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Lookout, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Lookout was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Point Lookout included Managers 18.7%, Professionals 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Labourers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Point Lookout, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.6%, School Education 6.7%, Metal Ore Mining 5.8% and Residential Building Construction 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Lookout was $535.

In Point Lookout, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.4%, Walked only 14.5%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Ferry, car as driver 3.3% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 10.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Lookout, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Point Lookout, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Lookout, 26.7% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Point Lookout 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Lookout, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Lookout, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Lookout, 36.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 64.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Lookout, 67.1% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.1% were flats, units or apartments and 5.5% were other dwellings.

In Point Lookout, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Lookout, 36.7% were owned outright, 21.5% were owned with a mortgage and 40.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Lookout, of all households, 61.6% were family households, 34.3% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Point Lookout, 36.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Point Lookout, 44.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Lookout, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 64.0%) were male and 9 (or 36.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Point Lookout, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Point Lookout, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.