Lockleys

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,450 people in Lockleys of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockleys was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Lockleys aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockleys was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lockleys, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockleys was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lockleys 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 24.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockleys were Australian 22.6%, English 22.1%, Italian 13.3%, Greek 6.6% and Irish 6.4%.

In Lockleys, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.7%, England 3.5%, Greece 1.8%, India 1.6% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Lockleys, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockleys were Catholic 33.9%, No Religion 18.6%, Anglican 11.3%, Eastern Orthodox 9.3% and Uniting Church 8.2%.

In Lockleys 75.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.1%, Greek 6.7%, Mandarin 0.8%, Punjabi 0.6% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 2,737 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockleys. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Lockleys, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockleys was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Lockleys included Professionals 24.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Lockleys, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 2.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockleys was $581.

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In Lockleys, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Bus 7.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bicycle 1.8% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockleys, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Lockleys, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockleys, 47.3% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Lockleys 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockleys, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,279 and those without children was $2,164.

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Employment status of couple families

In Lockleys, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockleys, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockleys, 79.7% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lockleys, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockleys, 42.4% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockleys, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Lockleys, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Lockleys, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockleys, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 60.0%) were male and 12 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Lockleys, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lockleys, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.