Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,116 people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) were Australian 32.7%, English 31.6%, Scottish 8.7%, German 6.8% and Irish 5.6%.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Afghanistan 1.5%, Scotland 0.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) were No Religion 24.8%, Uniting Church 15.6%, Anglican 15.2%, Catholic 14.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) 90.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 1.0%, Hazaraghi 0.7%, German 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.4% and Lao 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,391 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC). Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) included Managers 25.4%, Labourers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 5.8%, School Education 3.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.1% and Beverage Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) was $575.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 5.6%, Truck 1.0% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 9.8% 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 Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 41.7% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC) 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,649 and those without children was $1,498.

Employment status of couple families

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 94.1% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 38.1% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), of all households, 71.8% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), there were 120 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 62 (or 51.7%) were male and 58 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $820.

In Naracoorte and Lucindale (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.