Lower Longley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 131 people in Lower Longley of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Longley was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Lower Longley aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Longley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Lower Longley, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Longley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Lower Longley 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 27.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Longley were English 43.6%, Australian 30.7%, Scottish 7.3%, German 6.7% and Irish 5.0%.

In Lower Longley, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Guyana 2.3%, Netherlands 2.3%, United States of America 2.3% and Zimbabwe 2.3%.

In Lower Longley, 62.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Longley were No Religion 48.1%, Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 6.2%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Christian, nfd 5.4%.

In Lower Longley 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 72 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Longley. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Longley, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Longley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lower Longley were Professionals 24.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2% and Labourers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Lower Longley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 9.2%, Local Government Administration 7.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, Electricity Distribution 4.6% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Longley was $546.

In Lower Longley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.2%, Bus 4.6% and Car, as passenger 4.6%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Longley, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.5% 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 Longley, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Longley, 45.9% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Lower Longley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Longley, of couple families with children, 40.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Longley, 84.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Longley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Longley, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Longley, 36.0% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Longley, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lower Longley, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Longley, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Longley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Longley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Lower Longley, 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.