Lucaston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 350 people in Lucaston of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lucaston was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Lucaston aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lucaston was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Lucaston, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lucaston was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Lucaston 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lucaston were English 36.0%, Australian 30.1%, Scottish 9.2%, Irish 7.6% and German 4.5%.

In Lucaston, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 3.2%, South Africa 2.6%, Germany 1.1% and Austria 0.9%.

In Lucaston, 64.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lucaston were No Religion 33.0%, Anglican 19.5%, Catholic 12.1%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.6%.

In Lucaston 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.9%, French 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 172 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lucaston. Of these 51.7% were employed full time, 38.4% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lucaston, 18.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lucaston was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lucaston were Professionals 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.9%, Labourers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Lucaston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.0%, Scientific Research Services 5.7%, School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.7% and Building Completion Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lucaston was $489.

In Lucaston, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.0%, Car, as passenger 10.1% and Walked only 3.1%. 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 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lucaston, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.1% 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 Lucaston, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lucaston, 53.3% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 3.3% were one parent families.

In Lucaston 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lucaston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,325 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Lucaston, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lucaston, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lucaston, 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 Lucaston, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lucaston, 32.5% were owned outright, 50.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lucaston, of all households, 73.6% were family households, 24.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Lucaston, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Lucaston, 23.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lucaston, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Lucaston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Lucaston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $607.