Lowood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,336 people in Lowood of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lowood was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Lowood aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lowood was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lowood, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lowood was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Lowood 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lowood were Australian 33.3%, English 28.1%, German 9.5%, Scottish 7.7% and Irish 6.8%.

In Lowood, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Lowood, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lowood were No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 18.8%, Catholic 17.6%, Lutheran 9.6% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

In Lowood 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,281 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lowood. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lowood, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lowood was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lowood included Labourers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.9%, Professionals 9.3% and Sales Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Lowood, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lowood was $454.

In Lowood, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 3.4%, Walked only 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lowood, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Lowood, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lowood, 40.2% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Lowood 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lowood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,878 and those without children was $1,790.

Employment status of couple families

In Lowood, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lowood, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowood, 91.9% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Lowood, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lowood, 27.3% were owned outright, 32.2% were owned with a mortgage and 36.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lowood, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Lowood, 31.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Lowood, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lowood, there were 128 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 56 (or 43.8%) were male and 72 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Lowood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $811.

In Lowood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $263 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,972.