Lower Snug

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 322 people in Lower Snug of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Snug was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Lower Snug aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Snug was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Lower Snug, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Snug was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Lower Snug 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 13.5% in secondary school and 21.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Snug were Australian 36.1%, English 33.0%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.8% and German 1.9%.

In Lower Snug, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Chile 1.2%, Germany 1.2% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.2%.

In Lower Snug, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Snug were No Religion 42.7%, Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 12.5%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Baptist 2.2%.

In Lower Snug 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 2.2%, Thai 1.2% and Hebrew 0.9%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Snug. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Snug, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Snug was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Snug included Professionals 22.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Labourers 6.4%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Lower Snug, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 9.6%, School Education 5.8%, Aquaculture 4.5%, Local Government Administration 4.5% and Tertiary Education 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Snug was $663.

In Lower Snug, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 1.9%, Bicycle 1.9% and Bus, bicycle 1.9%. 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 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Snug, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.1% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.2% 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 Lower Snug, 33.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Snug, 45.4% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

In Lower Snug 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Snug, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,845 and those without children was $1,350.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Snug, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Snug, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Snug, 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 Snug, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Snug, 44.7% were owned outright, 42.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Snug, of all households, 89.3% were family households, 10.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lower Snug, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Snug, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Snug, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 81.2%) were male and 3 (or 18.8%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Snug, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Lower Snug, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.