Upper Lachlan Shire (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,193 people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.1% of the population.

Of people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A) 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) were English 32.2%, Australian 31.8%, Irish 13.7%, Scottish 8.8% and German 2.4%.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) were Catholic 33.4%, Anglican 32.0%, No Religion 12.7%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A) 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.4%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.1%, Croatian 0.1% and Indonesian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,583 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Lachlan Shire (A). Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) included Managers 29.2%, Professionals 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Upper Lachlan Shire (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.2%, School Education 4.6%, Local Government Administration 3.1%, Residential Care Services 2.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Lachlan Shire (A) was $492.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 3.9% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 38.7% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A) 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,789 and those without children was $1,593.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 74.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 96.7% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 49.5% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), of all households, 71.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Upper Lachlan Shire (A), 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), there were 122 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 56 (or 45.9%) were male and 66 (or 54.1%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Upper Lachlan Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,267.

In Upper Lachlan Shire (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $871.