Liverpool Plains (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,480 people in Liverpool Plains (A) of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Liverpool Plains (A) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.2% of the population.

Of people in Liverpool Plains (A) aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Liverpool Plains (A) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Liverpool Plains (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Liverpool Plains (A) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Liverpool Plains (A) 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Liverpool Plains (A) were Australian 38.4%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.5% and German 2.8%.

In Liverpool Plains (A), 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.2%, United States of America 0.2% and Netherlands 0.2%.

In Liverpool Plains (A), 87.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Liverpool Plains (A) were Anglican 42.5%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 11.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Liverpool Plains (A) 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1%, Vietnamese 0.1%, German 0.1% and Afrikaans 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,281 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Liverpool Plains (A). Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Liverpool Plains (A), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Liverpool Plains (A) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Liverpool Plains (A) included Managers 22.5%, Labourers 15.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Professionals 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Liverpool Plains (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.9%, School Education 5.0%, Local Government Administration 3.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Residential Care Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Liverpool Plains (A) was $433.

In Liverpool Plains (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.6%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 2.8% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Liverpool Plains (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Liverpool Plains (A), 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Liverpool Plains (A), 35.9% were couple families with children, 45.6% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Liverpool Plains (A) 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Liverpool Plains (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,777 and those without children was $1,496.

Employment status of couple families

In Liverpool Plains (A), of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Liverpool Plains (A), 82.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liverpool Plains (A), 95.8% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Liverpool Plains (A), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Liverpool Plains (A), 43.0% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 28.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Liverpool Plains (A), of all households, 69.2% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Liverpool Plains (A), 36.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Liverpool Plains (A), 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Liverpool Plains (A), there were 816 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 398 (or 48.8%) were male and 418 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Liverpool Plains (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $781.

In Liverpool Plains (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,127.