Lockyer Valley (R)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 34,954 people in Lockyer Valley (R) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockyer Valley (R) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Lockyer Valley (R) aged 15 years and over, 50.7% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockyer Valley (R) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Lockyer Valley (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% 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 Lockyer Valley (R) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lockyer Valley (R) 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockyer Valley (R) were Australian 30.2%, English 27.8%, German 10.5%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Lockyer Valley (R), 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, Philippines 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Lockyer Valley (R), 74.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockyer Valley (R) were Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 18.2%, Anglican 18.0%, Lutheran 7.6% and Uniting Church 6.4%.

In Lockyer Valley (R) 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Korean 0.4%, German 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 15,674 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockyer Valley (R). Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockyer Valley (R), 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockyer Valley (R) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Lockyer Valley (R) included Labourers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Professionals 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5% and Sales Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Lockyer Valley (R), the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.5%, School Education 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockyer Valley (R) was $462.

In Lockyer Valley (R), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 2.3% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockyer Valley (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Lockyer Valley (R), 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockyer Valley (R), 40.6% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Lockyer Valley (R) 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockyer Valley (R), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,642.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockyer Valley (R), of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockyer Valley (R), 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer Valley (R), 94.1% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Lockyer Valley (R), of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer Valley (R), 32.4% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockyer Valley (R), of all households, 75.6% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Lockyer Valley (R), 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Lockyer Valley (R), 29.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockyer Valley (R), there were 1,015 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 490 (or 48.3%) were male and 525 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Lockyer Valley (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $923.

In Lockyer Valley (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,509.