Lawgi Dawes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 156 people in Lawgi Dawes of these 59.6% were male and 40.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lawgi Dawes was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.2% of the population.

Of people in Lawgi Dawes aged 15 years and over, 85.5% were married and 2.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lawgi Dawes was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 16 years.

In Lawgi Dawes, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lawgi Dawes was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Lawgi Dawes 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lawgi Dawes were Australian 40.2%, English 29.7%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 6.4% and German 5.5%.

In Lawgi Dawes, 92.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.6% and Belgium 1.9%.

In Lawgi Dawes, 94.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lawgi Dawes were Anglican 27.4%, Catholic 19.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 17.8%, No Religion 13.4% and Uniting Church 12.7%.

In Lawgi Dawes 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.9%.

Employment

There were 76 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lawgi Dawes. Of these 68.4% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lawgi Dawes, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lawgi Dawes was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lawgi Dawes were Managers 50.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 7.6%, Professionals 3.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.8% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Lawgi Dawes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.9%, Coal Mining 12.8%, Electricity Generation 9.0%, Commission-Based Wholesaling 6.4% and Road Freight Transport 6.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lawgi Dawes was $425.

In Lawgi Dawes, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 42.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 5.0% and Truck 3.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lawgi Dawes, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.4% 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 Lawgi Dawes, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 25.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lawgi Dawes, 54.3% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Lawgi Dawes 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lawgi Dawes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $933.

Employment status of couple families

In Lawgi Dawes, of couple families with children, 34.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lawgi Dawes, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

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

In Lawgi Dawes, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lawgi Dawes, 50.9% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lawgi Dawes, of all households, 88.5% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lawgi Dawes, 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Lawgi Dawes, 11.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lawgi Dawes, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Lawgi Dawes, 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 Lawgi Dawes, 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.