Lewis Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 413 people in Lewis Ponds of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lewis Ponds was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Lewis Ponds aged 15 years and over, 61.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lewis Ponds was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lewis Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lewis Ponds was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lewis Ponds 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 18.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lewis Ponds were English 38.3%, Australian 34.7%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 7.7% and German 2.4%.

In Lewis Ponds, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Lewis Ponds, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lewis Ponds were Anglican 30.8%, Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Lewis Ponds 98.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 248 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lewis Ponds. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lewis Ponds, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lewis Ponds was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Lewis Ponds included Managers 23.0%, Professionals 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Labourers 7.5%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Lewis Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.4%, School Education 7.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.8% and Metal Ore Mining 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lewis Ponds was $681.

In Lewis Ponds, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 4.5%, Bus 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lewis Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Lewis Ponds, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lewis Ponds, 44.4% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Lewis Ponds 63.6% of single parents were male and 36.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lewis Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Lewis Ponds, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lewis Ponds, 82.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lewis Ponds, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lewis Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lewis Ponds, 47.1% were owned outright, 40.5% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lewis Ponds, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lewis Ponds, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.5% 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 Lewis Ponds, 13.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lewis Ponds, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Lewis Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Lewis Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.