Lake Cargelligo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,380 people in Lake Cargelligo of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Cargelligo was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Lake Cargelligo aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Cargelligo was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Lake Cargelligo, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Cargelligo was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Lake Cargelligo 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Cargelligo were Australian 41.4%, English 30.7%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 6.5% and German 2.6%.

In Lake Cargelligo, 89.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, South Africa 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7%, Fiji 0.4% and Canada 0.2%.

In Lake Cargelligo, 89.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Cargelligo were Catholic 31.2%, Anglican 26.2%, Uniting Church 14.3%, No Religion 7.3% and Brethren 6.2%.

In Lake Cargelligo 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.7%, Greek 0.3%, Croatian 0.2%, Hindi 0.2% and Thai 0.2%.

Employment

There were 586 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Cargelligo. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Cargelligo, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Cargelligo was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Cargelligo included Managers 27.9%, Labourers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Lake Cargelligo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.0%, School Education 8.7%, Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 3.3%, Furniture Manufacturing 2.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Cargelligo was $438.

In Lake Cargelligo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Walked only 10.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Other 2.6% and Truck 2.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Cargelligo, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% 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, 30.3% 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 Cargelligo, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Cargelligo, 38.9% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Lake Cargelligo 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Cargelligo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,350.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Cargelligo, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Cargelligo, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Cargelligo, 92.2% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Lake Cargelligo, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Cargelligo, 41.8% were owned outright, 21.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Cargelligo, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Lake Cargelligo, 35.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Cargelligo, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Cargelligo, there were 236 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 108 (or 45.8%) were male and 128 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Cargelligo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $641.

In Lake Cargelligo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.