Langhorne Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 668 people in Langhorne Creek of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Langhorne Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Langhorne Creek aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Langhorne Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Langhorne Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Langhorne Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Langhorne Creek 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Langhorne Creek were English 36.9%, Australian 33.4%, Scottish 10.0%, German 6.3% and Irish 6.2%.

In Langhorne Creek, 90.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Netherlands 1.0%, Denmark 0.4%, Ireland 0.4% and Italy 0.4%.

In Langhorne Creek, 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Langhorne Creek were No Religion 25.7%, Uniting Church 20.7%, Anglican 14.6%, Catholic 13.4% and Lutheran 7.6%.

In Langhorne Creek 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Pitjantjatjara 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Danish 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 399 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Langhorne Creek. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Langhorne Creek, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Langhorne Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Langhorne Creek included Managers 30.7%, Labourers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Professionals 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Sales Workers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Langhorne Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 21.1%, Beverage Manufacturing 10.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.0%, Hospitals 4.6% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Langhorne Creek was $591.

In Langhorne Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.9%, Walked only 9.0%, Car, as passenger 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.3% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Langhorne Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.7% 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 Langhorne Creek, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Langhorne Creek, 47.4% were couple families with children, 42.1% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Langhorne Creek 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Langhorne Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,027 and those without children was $1,392.

Employment status of couple families

In Langhorne Creek, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 35.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Langhorne Creek, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Langhorne Creek, 95.6% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Langhorne Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Langhorne Creek, 40.8% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Langhorne Creek, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Langhorne Creek, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Langhorne Creek, 22.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Langhorne Creek, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Langhorne Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $741.

In Langhorne Creek, 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.