Lower King

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,738 people in Lower King of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower King was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Lower King aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower King was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lower King, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower King was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Lower King 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower King were English 36.3%, Australian 32.7%, Scottish 6.6%, Irish 5.7% and German 2.6%.

In Lower King, 74.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.1%, South Africa 1.7%, New Zealand 1.5%, Netherlands 0.6% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Lower King, 59.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower King were No Religion 33.2%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 11.8%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Baptist 4.3%.

In Lower King 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.9%, Japanese 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Danish 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 818 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower King. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 34.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower King, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower King was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Lower King included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Sales Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Lower King, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.2%, Hospitals 4.4%, Residential Care Services 3.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower King was $557.

In Lower King, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 1.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.3% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower King, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 King, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower King, 41.1% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Lower King 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower King, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,233 and those without children was $1,940.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower King, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower King, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower King, 99.0% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower King, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower King, 39.2% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower King, of all households, 79.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Lower King, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 King, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower King, there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 52.5%) were male and 29 (or 47.5%) 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 Lower King, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $979.

In Lower King, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $166 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,759.