Lockyer (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,150 people in Lockyer (WA) of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockyer (WA) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Lockyer (WA) aged 15 years and over, 32.0% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockyer (WA) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lockyer (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 30.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockyer (WA) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lockyer (WA) 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% 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 Lockyer (WA) were English 34.0%, Australian 32.8%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.3% and Dutch 3.0%.

In Lockyer (WA), 77.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Philippines 2.9%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Lockyer (WA), 58.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockyer (WA) were No Religion 32.5%, Anglican 16.2%, Catholic 14.2%, Baptist 5.3% and Christian, nfd 4.5%.

In Lockyer (WA) 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.0%, Filipino 0.9%, Dutch 0.6%, German 0.3% and Arabic 0.3%.

Employment

There were 427 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockyer (WA). Of these 49.4% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 11.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockyer (WA), 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockyer (WA) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lockyer (WA) included Labourers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Managers 8.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Lockyer (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.2%, School Education 5.0%, Residential Care Services 4.4% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockyer (WA) was $386.

In Lockyer (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Bus 1.0% and Taxi 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockyer (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Lockyer (WA), 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockyer (WA), 36.4% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 32.3% were one parent families.

In Lockyer (WA) 8.3% of single parents were male and 91.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockyer (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockyer (WA), of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 16.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockyer (WA), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer (WA), 81.8% were separate houses, 11.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lockyer (WA), of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer (WA), 15.7% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 54.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockyer (WA), of all households, 63.5% were family households, 33.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Lockyer (WA), 41.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Lockyer (WA), 47.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockyer (WA), there were 125 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 46.4%) were male and 67 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Lockyer (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $685.

In Lockyer (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.