Lake Albert

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,882 people in Lake Albert of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Albert was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Lake Albert aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Albert was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Lake Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Albert was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Lake Albert 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Albert were Australian 34.0%, English 30.8%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.4%.

In Lake Albert, 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4%, South Africa 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Lake Albert, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Albert were Catholic 34.6%, Anglican 25.1%, No Religion 13.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

In Lake Albert 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Sinhalese 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, French 0.2% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Albert. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Albert, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Albert was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Albert included Professionals 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Managers 12.8%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Lake Albert, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Tertiary Education 4.3%, Hospitals 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Albert was $661.

In Lake Albert, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 1.6%, Walked only 1.2% and Bicycle 0.7%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Albert, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Albert, 45.3% were couple families with children, 41.1% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Lake Albert 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Albert, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $1,876.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Albert, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Albert, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Albert, 95.3% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lake Albert, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.9% had 2 bedrooms and 36.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Albert, 39.8% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Albert, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Lake Albert, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.7% 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 Albert, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Albert, there were 107 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 51.4%) were male and 52 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Albert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,549.

In Lake Albert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,810.