Lockwood South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 906 people in Lockwood South of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lockwood South was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Lockwood South aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lockwood South was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lockwood South, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lockwood South was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lockwood South 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lockwood South were Australian 33.8%, English 32.6%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.6% and German 3.7%.

In Lockwood South, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, Netherlands 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Lockwood South, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lockwood South were No Religion 35.8%, Anglican 14.4%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Baptist 5.1%.

In Lockwood South 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 460 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lockwood South. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lockwood South, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lockwood South was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Lockwood South included Professionals 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Labourers 12.7%, Managers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Lockwood South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.1%, Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.9% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lockwood South was $590.

In Lockwood South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Car as driver, car as passenger 1.4%, Bus 1.1% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lockwood South, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.6% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Lockwood South, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lockwood South, 52.8% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Lockwood South 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lockwood South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,860 and those without children was $2,022.

Employment status of couple families

In Lockwood South, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lockwood South, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockwood South, 99.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lockwood South, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lockwood South, 31.4% were owned outright, 59.0% were owned with a mortgage and 5.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lockwood South, of all households, 87.4% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lockwood South, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Lockwood South, 14.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lockwood South, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Lockwood South, 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 $0.

In Lockwood South, 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.