Low Head (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 440 people in Low Head (L) of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Low Head (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.5% of the population.

Of people in Low Head (L) aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Low Head (L) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Low Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Low Head (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Low Head (L) 20.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Low Head (L) were English 35.3%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.2% and Austrian 2.5%.

In Low Head (L), 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 1.6%, Ethiopia 1.1%, Austria 0.7% and Canada 0.7%.

In Low Head (L), 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Low Head (L) were Anglican 37.2%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 20.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Low Head (L) 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9% and Cebuano 0.7%.

Employment

There were 190 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Low Head (L). Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Low Head (L), 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Low Head (L) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Low Head (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.2%, Professionals 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Managers 9.4%, Labourers 8.9% and Sales Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Low Head (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 14.5%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.8%, School Education 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.7% and State Government Administration 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Low Head (L) was $639.

In Low Head (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Bicycle 3.3%, Walked only 3.3% and Other 1.7%. 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 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Low Head (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Low Head (L), 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Low Head (L), 34.3% were couple families with children, 58.1% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Low Head (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Low Head (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Low Head (L), of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Low Head (L), 52.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 47.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Low Head (L), 80.2% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Low Head (L), of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 22.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Low Head (L), 35.8% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 33.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Low Head (L), of all households, 63.9% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Low Head (L), 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Low Head (L), 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Low Head (L), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Low Head (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Low Head (L), 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.