Limpinwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 223 people in Limpinwood of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Limpinwood was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Limpinwood aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Limpinwood was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Limpinwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Limpinwood was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Limpinwood 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Limpinwood were English 36.9%, Australian 23.5%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 8.7% and German 4.0%.

In Limpinwood, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, Hungary 2.2% and Germany 1.8%.

In Limpinwood, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Limpinwood were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 17.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Christian, nfd 10.7% and Uniting Church 6.7%.

In Limpinwood 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.3%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Limpinwood. Of these 40.6% were employed full time, 39.6% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Limpinwood, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Limpinwood was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Limpinwood included Professionals 26.4%, Managers 20.9%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5%, Sales Workers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Limpinwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 7.7%, Tertiary Education 5.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4%, Building Structure Services 4.4% and Allied Health Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Limpinwood was $385.

In Limpinwood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.3%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 3.3%, Truck 3.3% and Walked only 3.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Limpinwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 17.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Limpinwood, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Limpinwood, 33.3% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Limpinwood 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Limpinwood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Limpinwood, of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Limpinwood, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Limpinwood, 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Limpinwood, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 34.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Limpinwood, 38.5% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Limpinwood, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 24.4% were single person households and 8.9% were group households.

In Limpinwood, 43.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Limpinwood, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Limpinwood, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Limpinwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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