Lipson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 314 people in Lipson of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lipson was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Lipson aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lipson was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lipson, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lipson was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lipson 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 34.1% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lipson were Australian 40.5%, English 27.7%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 6.4% and German 6.2%.

In Lipson, 94.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 2.9%.

In Lipson, 87.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lipson were No Religion 34.1%, Uniting Church 22.3%, Anglican 9.6%, Catholic 8.6% and Lutheran 8.0%.

In Lipson 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.0% and Romanian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lipson. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lipson, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lipson was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Lipson included Managers 43.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Professionals 8.4%, Labourers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Lipson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 48.0%, School Education 7.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 2.8% and Other Health Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lipson was $436.

In Lipson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.1%, Walked only 3.4%, Car, as passenger 2.3%, Other 2.3% and Truck, motorbike/scooter 2.3%. 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 52.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lipson, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 44.4% 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 Lipson, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lipson, 46.0% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Lipson 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lipson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $675 and those without children was $974.

Employment status of couple families

In Lipson, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 29.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lipson, 72.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lipson, 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 Lipson, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.0% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lipson, 48.8% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lipson, of all households, 73.9% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lipson, 32.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Lipson, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lipson, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Lipson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lipson, 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.