Light Pass

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Light Pass of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Light Pass was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.8% of the population.

Of people in Light Pass aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Light Pass was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Light Pass, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Light Pass was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Light Pass 22.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.9% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Light Pass were German 36.3%, Australian 24.4%, English 19.8%, Scottish 7.6% and Irish 4.0%.

In Light Pass, 84.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, Germany 1.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Austria 1.2% and Russian Federation 1.2%.

In Light Pass, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Light Pass were Lutheran 58.0%, No Religion 11.3%, Catholic 7.8%, Anglican 5.8% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Light Pass 98.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Light Pass. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Light Pass, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Light Pass was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Light Pass included Managers 27.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Labourers 11.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Light Pass, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 20.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 14.9%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Other Crop Growing 2.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Light Pass was $602.

In Light Pass, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Other 3.5%, Walked only 3.5%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Truck 2.1%. 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 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Light Pass, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% 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, 35.7% 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 Light Pass, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Light Pass, 44.3% were couple families with children, 51.4% were couple families without children and 4.3% were one parent families.

In Light Pass 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Light Pass, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,541.

Employment status of couple families

In Light Pass, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 10.4% had both employed part-time and 37.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Light Pass, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Light Pass, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Light Pass, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Light Pass, 54.3% were owned outright, 21.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Light Pass, of all households, 73.5% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Light Pass, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Light Pass, 28.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Light Pass, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Light Pass, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Light Pass, 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.