Lower Plenty

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,782 people in Lower Plenty of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Plenty was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Lower Plenty aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Plenty was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lower Plenty, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% 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 Lower Plenty was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Lower Plenty 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 24.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Plenty were Australian 27.0%, English 26.8%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.9% and Italian 6.4%.

In Lower Plenty, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Italy 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Lower Plenty, 62.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Plenty were Catholic 27.9%, No Religion 25.1%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Eastern Orthodox 3.5%.

In Lower Plenty 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.5%, Greek 1.1%, Mandarin 1.0%, Macedonian 0.7% and Arabic 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,990 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Plenty. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Plenty, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Plenty was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Plenty included Professionals 27.5%, Managers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Lower Plenty, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Hospitals 5.0%, Building Installation Services 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Plenty was $723.

In Lower Plenty, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.8%, Train 3.1%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Plenty, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Lower Plenty, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Plenty, 46.6% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Lower Plenty 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Plenty, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,836 and those without children was $2,352.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Plenty, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Plenty, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Plenty, 72.0% were separate houses, 21.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Plenty, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Plenty, 42.1% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Plenty, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Lower Plenty, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.4% 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 Lower Plenty, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Plenty, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) 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 Lower Plenty, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Lower Plenty, 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.