Lowmead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Lowmead of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lowmead was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in Lowmead aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 23.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lowmead was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 44 years.

In Lowmead, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lowmead was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Lowmead 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lowmead were Australian 34.6%, English 28.1%, German 8.1%, Scottish 7.8% and Irish 7.5%.

In Lowmead, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.7%, Finland 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3% and Sweden 1.3%.

In Lowmead, 72.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lowmead were Anglican 36.3%, No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 9.0%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Lutheran 6.7%.

In Lowmead 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Finnish 1.8%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lowmead. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lowmead, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lowmead was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lowmead were Managers 32.3%, Labourers 19.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Lowmead, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.4%, School Education 8.5%, Local Government Administration 7.4%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.2% and Forestry and Logging 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lowmead was $366.

In Lowmead, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 57.6%, Car, as passenger 7.6% and Truck 3.3%. 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 62.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lowmead, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.3% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Lowmead, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lowmead, 27.3% were couple families with children, 59.1% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Lowmead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Lowmead, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lowmead, 72.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowmead, 88.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 11.8% were other dwellings.

In Lowmead, of occupied private dwellings 12.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 26.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowmead, 50.0% were owned outright, 21.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Lowmead, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Lowmead, 40.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Lowmead, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lowmead, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Lowmead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Lowmead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $200.