Lovely Banks

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,218 people in Lovely Banks of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lovely Banks was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Lovely Banks aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lovely Banks was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lovely Banks, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lovely Banks was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lovely Banks 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lovely Banks were Australian 22.3%, English 19.2%, Italian 7.3%, Croatian 6.6% and Irish 4.8%.

In Lovely Banks, 73.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Croatia 2.0%, Italy 2.0%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.6% and Poland 1.1%.

In Lovely Banks, 49.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lovely Banks were Catholic 39.3%, No Religion 15.9%, Eastern Orthodox 9.1%, Anglican 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Lovely Banks 71.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 4.1%, Macedonian 3.7%, Italian 3.0%, Vietnamese 1.7% and Greek 1.6%.

Employment

There were 1,095 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lovely Banks. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lovely Banks, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lovely Banks was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Lovely Banks included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.7%, Professionals 11.6%, Managers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%.

Of the employed people in Lovely Banks, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Building Installation Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lovely Banks was $525.

In Lovely Banks, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.7%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 1.6%, Truck 1.0% and Walked only 0.6%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lovely Banks, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Lovely Banks, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lovely Banks, 57.0% were couple families with children, 27.5% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Lovely Banks 9.2% of single parents were male and 90.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lovely Banks, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,855.

Employment status of couple families

In Lovely Banks, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 31.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lovely Banks, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lovely Banks, 86.5% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lovely Banks, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lovely Banks, 36.0% were owned outright, 46.0% were owned with a mortgage and 14.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lovely Banks, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Lovely Banks, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Lovely Banks, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lovely Banks, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 1 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 Lovely Banks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lovely Banks, 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.