Upper Lockyer

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 575 people in Upper Lockyer of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Lockyer was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Upper Lockyer aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Lockyer was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Upper Lockyer, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Lockyer was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Upper Lockyer 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Lockyer were English 30.1%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.9% and German 7.4%.

In Upper Lockyer, 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 1.7%, Northern Ireland 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Upper Lockyer, 77.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Lockyer were Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 21.3%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6%.

In Upper Lockyer 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.5% and Auslan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Lockyer. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Lockyer, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Lockyer was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Lockyer included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Labourers 15.3%, Professionals 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.3%, Managers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Upper Lockyer, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Lockyer was $563.

In Upper Lockyer, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.7%, Bus 1.5% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Lockyer, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 Upper Lockyer, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Lockyer, 45.6% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Upper Lockyer 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Lockyer, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,892 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Lockyer, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Lockyer, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Lockyer, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Upper Lockyer, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 55.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Lockyer, 33.0% were owned outright, 55.2% were owned with a mortgage and 10.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Lockyer, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Upper Lockyer, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Upper Lockyer, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Lockyer, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Upper Lockyer, 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 $350.

In Upper Lockyer, 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.