Lake Conjola

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Lake Conjola of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Conjola was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.7% of the population.

Of people in Lake Conjola aged 15 years and over, 66.4% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Conjola was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Lake Conjola, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Conjola was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Lake Conjola 13.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Conjola were English 37.5%, Australian 26.4%, Scottish 12.5%, Irish 11.1% and German 2.6%.

In Lake Conjola, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Lake Conjola, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Conjola were Anglican 42.1%, Catholic 21.9%, No Religion 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Lake Conjola 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Dutch 0.8% and Arabic 0.8%.

Employment

There were 130 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Conjola. Of these 48.5% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Conjola, 21.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Conjola was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Conjola included Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 15.0%, Managers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Lake Conjola, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.1%, Hospitals 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, Clubs (Hospitality) 6.5% and School Education 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Conjola was $360.

In Lake Conjola, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Walked only 6.3%, Truck 3.2%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Bicycle 2.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Conjola, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.7% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Conjola, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Conjola, 26.0% were couple families with children, 71.7% were couple families without children and 2.4% were one parent families.

In Lake Conjola 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Conjola, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Conjola, of couple families with children, 5.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Conjola, 49.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 50.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Conjola, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Lake Conjola, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Conjola, 63.6% were owned outright, 18.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Conjola, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Lake Conjola, 42.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Conjola, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Conjola, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 3 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 Conjola, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Lake Conjola, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.