St Lucia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,195 people in St Lucia of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in St Lucia was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in St Lucia aged 15 years and over, 26.7% were married and 4.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Lucia was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In St Lucia, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Lucia was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In St Lucia 62.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.1% were in primary school, 3.4% in secondary school and 78.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Lucia were English 20.7%, Australian 17.9%, Chinese 12.0%, Irish 8.7% and Scottish 7.7%.

In St Lucia, 52.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.6%, Malaysia 4.9%, Singapore 4.1%, England 3.0% and Vietnam 1.9%.

In St Lucia, 41.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Lucia were No Religion 32.2%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 11.9%, Islam 5.3% and Buddhism 5.3%.

In St Lucia 63.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.9%, Cantonese 2.9%, Malay 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.9% and Indonesian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 5,414 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Lucia. Of these 40.1% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 14.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Lucia, 27.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Lucia was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 22 years.

The most common occupations in St Lucia included Professionals 42.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Managers 8.8%, Labourers 5.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in St Lucia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 14.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.6%, School Education 4.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Lucia was $332.

In St Lucia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.2%, Bus 14.2%, Walked only 12.3%, Bicycle 4.3% and Car, as passenger 3.6%. On the day, 22.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Lucia, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.9% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.6% 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 St Lucia, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Lucia, 34.2% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In St Lucia 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Lucia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,337 and those without children was $2,505.

Employment status of couple families

In St Lucia, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Lucia, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Lucia, 35.8% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 56.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In St Lucia, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 40.6% had 2 bedrooms and 30.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Lucia, 27.2% were owned outright, 14.9% were owned with a mortgage and 55.4% were rented.

Household composition

In St Lucia, of all households, 50.2% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 25.7% were group households.

In St Lucia, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 St Lucia, 42.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Lucia, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 44.4%) were male and 10 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 20 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 St Lucia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In St Lucia, 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.