Lee Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 139 people in Lee Point of these 60.4% were male and 39.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lee Point was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.6% of the population.

Of people in Lee Point aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 29.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lee Point was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Lee Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lee Point was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Lee Point 15.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.5% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lee Point were English 33.0%, Australian 31.3%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.1% and German 6.1%.

In Lee Point, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.5%, England 5.8% and Spain 2.2%.

In Lee Point, 70.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lee Point were Anglican 24.3%, Catholic 20.0%, No Religion 13.6%, Uniting Church 11.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.9%.

In Lee Point 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Galpu 2.9% and Gumatj 2.2%.

Employment

There were 54 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lee Point. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lee Point, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lee Point was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lee Point were Technicians and Trades Workers 24.0%, Sales Workers 20.0%, Professionals 16.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Lee Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 15.7%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 7.8%, Building Installation Services 5.9%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 5.9% and Specialised Food Retailing 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lee Point was $580.

In Lee Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 14.0%, Bicycle 6.0% and Other 6.0%. 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 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lee Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 3.0% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.1% 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 Lee Point, 18.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lee Point, 7.1% were couple families with children, 85.7% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Lee Point 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lee Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Lee Point, of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lee Point, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

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

In Lee Point, of occupied private dwellings 38.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 4.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 0.7. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lee Point, 74.3% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Lee Point, of all households, 55.6% were family households, 38.9% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Lee Point, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Lee Point, 64.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lee Point, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Lee Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lee Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.