Lord Howe Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 360 people in Lord Howe Island of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Lord Howe Island was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Lord Howe Island aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lord Howe Island was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Lord Howe Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lord Howe Island was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lord Howe Island 14.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lord Howe Island were Australian 31.5%, English 28.2%, Scottish 9.9%, Irish 8.7% and German 6.0%.

In Lord Howe Island, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, Papua New Guinea 1.1%, Switzerland 1.1%, Canada 0.8% and Cook Islands 0.8%.

In Lord Howe Island, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lord Howe Island were Anglican 31.4%, No Religion 26.7%, Seventh-day Adventist 14.4%, Catholic 13.1% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

In Lord Howe Island 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 0.8%, Fijian 0.8% and Samoan 0.8%.

Employment

There were 219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lord Howe Island. Of these 51.1% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lord Howe Island, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lord Howe Island was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Lord Howe Island included Managers 22.4%, Labourers 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Professionals 7.9%, Sales Workers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Lord Howe Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 37.7%, State Government Administration 10.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Local Government Administration 5.7% and School Education 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lord Howe Island was $631.

In Lord Howe Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 27.6%, Car, as driver 20.1%, Bicycle 15.9%, Motorbike/scooter 6.5% and Car, as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lord Howe Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.1% 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 Lord Howe Island, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lord Howe Island, 41.1% were couple families with children, 48.9% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Lord Howe Island 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lord Howe Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Lord Howe Island, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 9.2% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lord Howe Island, 72.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lord Howe Island, 83.7% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Lord Howe Island, of occupied private dwellings 20.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lord Howe Island, 36.8% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 39.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lord Howe Island, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Lord Howe Island, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Lord Howe Island, 62.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lord Howe Island, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 58 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 Lord Howe Island, 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 Lord Howe Island, 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.