Lockington (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 376 people in Lockington (L) of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockington (L) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.3% of the population.

Of people in Lockington (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.8% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockington (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lockington (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockington (L) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Lockington (L) 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockington (L) were Australian 40.6%, English 28.3%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.9%.

In Lockington (L), 92.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 1.6%, Canada 0.8%, England 0.8%, Italy 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Lockington (L), 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockington (L) were Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 26.4%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 14.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Lockington (L) 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 1.6%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockington (L). Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockington (L), 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockington (L) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Lockington (L) included Labourers 22.4%, Managers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Lockington (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 7.6%, School Education 6.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.5%, Local Government Administration 4.8% and Residential Care Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockington (L) was $411.

In Lockington (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.8%, Walked only 9.0% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. 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 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockington (L), 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, 28.3% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 Lockington (L), 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockington (L), 35.4% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Lockington (L) 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockington (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockington (L), of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockington (L), 83.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockington (L), 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 Lockington (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 58.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockington (L), 39.4% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockington (L), of all households, 63.2% were family households, 36.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lockington (L), 45.2% 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 Lockington (L), 45.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockington (L), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 30.8%) were male and 9 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 8 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 Lockington (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Lockington (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.