Litchfield (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 18,994 people in Litchfield (M) of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Litchfield (M) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Litchfield (M) aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Litchfield (M) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Litchfield (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Litchfield (M) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Litchfield (M) 34.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Litchfield (M) were Australian 31.2%, English 25.5%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.7% and German 4.0%.

In Litchfield (M), 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Philippines 0.6%, Vietnam 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Litchfield (M), 67.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Litchfield (M) were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Litchfield (M) 82.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.9%, Greek 0.4%, German 0.4%, Thai 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 10,206 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Litchfield (M). Of these 68.6% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Litchfield (M), 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Litchfield (M) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Litchfield (M) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 13.2%, Professionals 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Labourers 8.2% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Litchfield (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 9.3%, State Government Administration 6.4%, School Education 4.6%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Litchfield (M) was $864.

In Litchfield (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 1.8% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Litchfield (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Litchfield (M), 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Litchfield (M), 47.8% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Litchfield (M) 29.3% of single parents were male and 70.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Litchfield (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,581 and those without children was $2,269.

Employment status of couple families

In Litchfield (M), of couple families with children, 33.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Litchfield (M), 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Litchfield (M), 86.0% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 8.3% were other dwellings.

In Litchfield (M), of occupied private dwellings 11.1% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Litchfield (M), 28.4% were owned outright, 50.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Litchfield (M), of all households, 77.9% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Litchfield (M), 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.9% 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 Litchfield (M), 21.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Litchfield (M), there were 1,357 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 687 (or 50.6%) were male and 670 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Litchfield (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,737.

In Litchfield (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.