Lake Grace (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,360 people in Lake Grace (S) of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Grace (S) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Lake Grace (S) aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Grace (S) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Lake Grace (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Grace (S) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Lake Grace (S) 23.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.3% were in primary school, 9.5% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Grace (S) were English 33.6%, Australian 33.3%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.0% and German 2.1%.

In Lake Grace (S), 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, England 3.4%, Philippines 2.2%, Netherlands 0.7% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Lake Grace (S), 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Grace (S) were Anglican 29.8%, No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Lake Grace (S) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.5%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Bisaya 0.6%, Dutch 0.3% and Norwegian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 820 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Grace (S). Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 22.0% were employed part-time and 1.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Grace (S), 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Grace (S) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Grace (S) included Managers 46.6%, Labourers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Professionals 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lake Grace (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.3%, School Education 6.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.6%, Local Government Administration 3.6% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Grace (S) was $616.

In Lake Grace (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.5%, Walked only 12.9%, Other 3.5%, Car, as passenger 2.6% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Grace (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 47.2% 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 Lake Grace (S), 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Grace (S), 41.8% were couple families with children, 51.4% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

In Lake Grace (S) 28.0% of single parents were male and 72.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Grace (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,545.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Grace (S), of couple families with children, 33.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Grace (S), 74.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Grace (S), 91.8% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Lake Grace (S), of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Grace (S), 41.9% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Grace (S), of all households, 67.6% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Lake Grace (S), 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Lake Grace (S), 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Grace (S), there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 65.4%) were male and 9 (or 34.6%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Lake Grace (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $691.

In Lake Grace (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $203 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,342.