Loveday

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 660 people in Loveday of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Loveday was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Loveday aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Loveday was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Loveday, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Loveday was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Loveday 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.2% were in primary school, 29.3% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Loveday were Australian 28.9%, English 28.7%, German 10.1%, Scottish 6.3% and Australian Aboriginal 5.0%.

In Loveday, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Greece 1.4%, India 1.1%, Kenya 0.6% and Cyprus 0.5%.

In Loveday, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Loveday were No Religion 37.4%, Catholic 12.7%, Uniting Church 11.4%, Lutheran 7.3% and Anglican 7.0%.

In Loveday 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.8%, Ngarrindjeri 2.3%, Swahili 0.9%, German 0.6% and Dutch 0.6%.

Employment

There were 319 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Loveday. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Loveday, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Loveday was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Loveday included Labourers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 16.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.7%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Loveday, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.7%, Beverage Manufacturing 9.4%, School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 4.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Loveday was $473.

In Loveday, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.9%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 3.7%, Car as driver, truck 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. 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 79.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Loveday, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Loveday, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Loveday, 40.1% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Loveday 31.4% of single parents were male and 68.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Loveday, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,767 and those without children was $1,795.

Employment status of couple families

In Loveday, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Loveday, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loveday, 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 Loveday, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loveday, 31.9% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Loveday, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Loveday, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Loveday, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Loveday, there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 50.9%) were male and 28 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Loveday, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $566.

In Loveday, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $75 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.