Lower Snug - Coningham (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 572 people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L) 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.8% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) were Australian 35.2%, English 31.3%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.7% and German 2.8%.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.1%, India 0.9% and Chile 0.5%.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) were No Religion 41.7%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 12.0%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L) 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.1%, Dutch 0.9%, Thai 0.7%, French 0.5% and Hebrew 0.5%.

Employment

There were 284 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Snug - Coningham (L). Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 39.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) included Professionals 24.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Lower Snug - Coningham (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.1%, School Education 7.1%, Tertiary Education 6.4%, Aquaculture 4.1% and Telecommunications Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Snug - Coningham (L) was $604.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus 1.1%, Truck 1.1% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 84.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 48.8% were couple families with children, 43.5% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L) 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,962 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 24.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 42.8% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), of all households, 80.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 20.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Lower Snug - Coningham (L), 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 53.8%) were male and 12 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Lower Snug - Coningham (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Lower Snug - Coningham (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,868.