Logan Village

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,586 people in Logan Village of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Logan Village was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Logan Village aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Logan Village was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Logan Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Logan Village was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Logan Village 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Logan Village were Australian 31.6%, English 30.2%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.8% and German 5.0%.

In Logan Village, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 5.0%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Logan Village, 61.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Logan Village were Anglican 23.8%, No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Logan Village 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Finnish 0.3%, German 0.3%, French 0.3%, Khmer 0.2% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,897 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Logan Village. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Logan Village, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Logan Village included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Professionals 12.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Managers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Logan Village, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Hospitals 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Building Completion Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Logan Village was $615.

In Logan Village, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 3.6%, Walked only 2.1% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Logan Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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 Logan Village, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Logan Village, 53.0% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Logan Village 27.4% of single parents were male and 72.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Logan Village, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,195 and those without children was $2,005.

Employment status of couple families

In Logan Village, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Logan Village, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Village, 96.3% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Logan Village, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Logan Village, 26.5% were owned outright, 58.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Logan Village, of all households, 84.4% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Logan Village, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Logan Village, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Logan Village, there were 80 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 46.2%) were male and 43 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Logan Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,041.

In Logan Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.