Lower Light

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Lower Light of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Light was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Lower Light aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Light was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Lower Light, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Light was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Lower Light 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 4.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Light were Australian 30.3%, English 26.9%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 5.1% and German 3.4%.

In Lower Light, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Vietnam 2.9%, Philippines 2.4%, Italy 1.1% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Lower Light, 60.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Light were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 15.6%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Lower Light 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 3.2%, Tagalog 1.9%, Greek 1.1%, Italian 1.1% and Macedonian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Light. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Light, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Light was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Light included Managers 26.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Labourers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Professionals 7.0% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Lower Light, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 5.0%, Other Livestock Farming 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Light was $522.

In Lower Light, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Walked only 11.4%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Truck 2.5% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Light, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Lower Light, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Light, 45.5% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Lower Light 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Light, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,468 and those without children was $1,199.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Light, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Light, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Light, 93.8% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Lower Light, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Light, 31.5% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Light, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lower Light, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Lower Light, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Light, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) 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 Lower Light, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Lower Light, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.