Lockwood Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Lockwood (3551) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 132 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Lockwood is in the federal electorate of Bendigo.

In the 2011 census the population of Lockwood was 756 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lockwood is 40 years of age.

90.5% of people living in the suburb of Lockwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.7% Malta.

96.0% of people living in Lockwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Maltese, 0.4% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Lockwood is 34.9% No religion, 22.8% Catholic, 14.6% Anglican, 11.0% Uniting Church, 8.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Baptist, 1.2% Other religious affiliation , 0.8% Pentecostal, 0.8% Christian, nfd.

59.1% of people are married, 26.4% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 21 widowed people living in Lockwood.

50.6% of the people living in Lockwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.8% are working on a part time basis. Lockwood has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Lockwood are 16.7% Technicians & trades workers, 15.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.0% Professionals, 12.9% Managers, 11.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.8% Labourers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 8.4% Sales workers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lockwood work in are 13.7% Health care and social assistance, 13.2% Manufacturing, 12.4% Construction, 11.8% Retail trade, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.4% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Mining, 4.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

40.2% of homes are fully owned, and 46.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $504 per week and the median household income is $1180 per week.

The median rent in Lockwood is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1480 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lockwood postcode 3551