Laverton North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 91 people in Laverton North of these 82.4% were male and 17.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Laverton North was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Laverton North aged 15 years and over, 12.6% were married and 42.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laverton North was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Laverton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 5.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laverton North was 0 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Laverton North 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laverton North were English 24.3%, Australian 11.2%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 10.3% and Maori 5.6%.

In Laverton North, 51.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 12.1% and Malta 3.3%.

In Laverton North, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laverton North were Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 12.1%, No Religion 12.1%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Baptist 3.3%.

In Laverton North 61.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maori (New Zealand) 4.4%.

Employment

There were 35 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laverton North. Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laverton North, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laverton North was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Laverton North were Machinery Operators And Drivers 47.2%, Labourers 44.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Laverton North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 37.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 14.3%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 14.3%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 11.4% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 11.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laverton North was $470.

In Laverton North, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.1%, Bus 14.3% and Car, as passenger 14.3%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laverton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 4.5% provided care for children and 3.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 3.4% 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 Laverton North, 20.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laverton North, 0.0% were couple families with children, 100.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Laverton North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

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

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laverton North, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

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

In Laverton North, of occupied private dwellings 63.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 0.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1. The average household size was 1.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laverton North, 41.5% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 52.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Laverton North, of all households, 13.5% were family households, 86.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Laverton North, 51.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Laverton North, 63.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 9.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laverton North, 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 Laverton North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Laverton North, 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.