Glenlusk

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 216 people in Glenlusk of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Glenlusk was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Glenlusk aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Glenlusk, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Glenlusk was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Glenlusk 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 41.4% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Glenlusk were Australian 40.3%, English 28.8%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.2% and German 5.0%.

In Glenlusk, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Ireland 1.4%, Italy 1.4%, Northern Ireland 1.4% and Russian Federation 1.4%.

In Glenlusk, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Glenlusk were No Religion 34.3%, Anglican 31.5%, Catholic 12.5%, Pentecostal 2.8% and Baptist 1.4%.

In Glenlusk 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Russian 2.3% and Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenlusk. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Glenlusk, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Glenlusk was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Glenlusk included Technicians and Trades Workers 25.4%, Professionals 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Managers 7.0% and Labourers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Glenlusk, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 8.8%, School Education 8.0%, Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing 3.5%, Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 3.5% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Glenlusk was $623.

In Glenlusk, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Truck 3.5% and Other 3.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Glenlusk, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Glenlusk, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Glenlusk, 54.7% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Glenlusk 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Glenlusk, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Glenlusk, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Glenlusk, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Glenlusk, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Glenlusk, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% 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 Glenlusk, 53.1% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Glenlusk, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Glenlusk, 23.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Glenlusk, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Glenlusk, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Glenlusk, 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 $0.

In Glenlusk, 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.