Knuckey Lagoon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 457 people in Knuckey Lagoon of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 20.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Knuckey Lagoon was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Knuckey Lagoon aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Knuckey Lagoon was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Knuckey Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% 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 Knuckey Lagoon was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Knuckey Lagoon 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Knuckey Lagoon were Australian 27.1%, English 20.7%, Australian Aboriginal 14.1%, Irish 6.4% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Knuckey Lagoon, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, Italy 0.9%, Canada 0.7% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Knuckey Lagoon, 65.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Knuckey Lagoon were No Religion 31.4%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Eastern Orthodox 3.7%.

In Knuckey Lagoon 75.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warlpiri 2.4%, Greek 2.0%, Murrinh Patha 2.0%, Italian 1.8% and Burarra 1.8%.

Employment

There were 240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Knuckey Lagoon. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Knuckey Lagoon, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Knuckey Lagoon was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Knuckey Lagoon included Professionals 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Managers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Knuckey Lagoon, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 8.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 7.2%, Building Installation Services 5.1%, Other Construction Services 4.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Knuckey Lagoon was $793.

In Knuckey Lagoon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 7.7%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 3.8% and Bicycle 2.6%. 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 63.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Knuckey Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Knuckey Lagoon, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Knuckey Lagoon, 54.3% were couple families with children, 30.5% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Knuckey Lagoon 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Knuckey Lagoon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,678 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Knuckey Lagoon, of couple families with children, 33.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Knuckey Lagoon, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Knuckey Lagoon, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Knuckey Lagoon, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Knuckey Lagoon, 36.9% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Knuckey Lagoon, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Knuckey Lagoon, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.8% 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 Knuckey Lagoon, 11.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Knuckey Lagoon, there were 89 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 50.6%) were male and 44 (or 49.4%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Knuckey Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.6, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Knuckey Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $54 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.