Loxton North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 871 people in Loxton North of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Loxton North was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Loxton North aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Loxton North was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Loxton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Loxton North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Loxton North 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.2% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Loxton North were Australian 31.1%, English 30.8%, German 15.0%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 3.7%.

In Loxton North, 90.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 1.6%, England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.5%, South Africa 0.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Loxton North, 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Loxton North were No Religion 29.5%, Lutheran 21.5%, Anglican 12.2%, Catholic 9.6% and Uniting Church 8.6%.

In Loxton North 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 3.3%, Italian 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 436 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Loxton North. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Loxton North, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Loxton North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Loxton North included Managers 24.2%, Labourers 18.7%, Professionals 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Loxton North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 19.8%, School Education 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.6% and Accommodation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Loxton North was $478.

In Loxton North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Walked only 5.2%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 1.0% and Bicycle 0.7%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Loxton North, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.7% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.0% 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 Loxton North, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Loxton North, 46.3% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Loxton North 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Loxton North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,510 and those without children was $1,274.

Employment status of couple families

In Loxton North, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Loxton North, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loxton North, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Loxton North, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Loxton North, 36.3% were owned outright, 45.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Loxton North, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Loxton North, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Loxton North, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Loxton North, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Loxton North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Loxton North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $823.