Loganholme

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,124 people in Loganholme of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Loganholme was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Loganholme aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Loganholme was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Loganholme, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Loganholme was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Loganholme 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Loganholme were English 30.1%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.2%.

In Loganholme, 73.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.0%, England 4.8%, South Africa 1.0%, Philippines 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Loganholme, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Loganholme were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 20.3%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Loganholme 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5%, Hindi 0.4%, Samoan 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,358 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Loganholme. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Loganholme, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Loganholme was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Loganholme included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Professionals 12.2%, Labourers 12.1%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Loganholme, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.3%, Building Completion Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Loganholme was $657.

In Loganholme, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 4.1%, Truck 1.9% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Loganholme, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Loganholme, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Loganholme, 47.9% were couple families with children, 32.1% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Loganholme 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Loganholme, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,075 and those without children was $2,003.

Employment status of couple families

In Loganholme, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Loganholme, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loganholme, 98.3% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Loganholme, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% 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 Loganholme, 19.9% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Loganholme, of all households, 83.6% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Loganholme, 13.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Loganholme, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Loganholme, there were 132 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 63 (or 47.7%) were male and 69 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Loganholme, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,659.

In Loganholme, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $345 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,667.