Point Lowly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 299 people in Point Lowly of these 56.2% were male and 43.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Lowly was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Point Lowly aged 15 years and over, 67.5% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Lowly was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 44 years.

In Point Lowly, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Lowly was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Point Lowly 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.1% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Lowly were Australian 39.8%, English 34.4%, German 9.3%, Scottish 9.0% and Irish 1.3%.

In Point Lowly, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7%, Canada 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Point Lowly, 85.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Lowly were No Religion 30.3%, Uniting Church 24.3%, Anglican 10.0%, Catholic 10.0% and Lutheran 8.0%.

In Point Lowly 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Lowly. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Lowly, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Lowly was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Point Lowly included Managers 42.8%, Professionals 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Labourers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Point Lowly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.5%, Metal Ore Mining 3.6%, Allied Health Services 3.6%, Exploration 2.9% and Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Lowly was $497.

In Point Lowly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.9%, Walked only 9.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Bus, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Lowly, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.8% 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 Point Lowly, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Lowly, 34.1% were couple families with children, 65.9% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Point Lowly 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Lowly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Lowly, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Lowly, 26.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 73.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Lowly, 95.6% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Point Lowly, of occupied private dwellings 10.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% 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 Point Lowly, 61.4% were owned outright, 14.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Lowly, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Point Lowly, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Point Lowly, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Lowly, 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 46 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 Point Lowly, 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 Point Lowly, 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.