Lake Illawarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,087 people in Lake Illawarra of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Illawarra was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Lake Illawarra aged 15 years and over, 36.4% were married and 19.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Illawarra was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lake Illawarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Illawarra was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Lake Illawarra 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Illawarra were English 30.6%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.5% and German 3.0%.

In Lake Illawarra, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, Spain 1.3%, Italy 1.1%, Scotland 1.0% and Germany 1.0%.

In Lake Illawarra, 58.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Illawarra were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 20.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Lake Illawarra 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.0%, Italian 1.5%, Turkish 0.9%, Arabic 0.8% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 1,238 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Illawarra. Of these 51.4% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Illawarra, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Illawarra was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Illawarra included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Professionals 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Lake Illawarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Illawarra was $392.

In Lake Illawarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 2.2%, Walked only 2.0% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Illawarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.5% 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 Illawarra, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Illawarra, 31.7% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 30.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Lake Illawarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,738 and those without children was $1,720.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Illawarra, of couple families with children, 12.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Illawarra, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Illawarra, 53.1% were separate houses, 31.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lake Illawarra, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 36.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Illawarra, 26.5% were owned outright, 19.5% were owned with a mortgage and 49.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Illawarra, of all households, 59.0% were family households, 37.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Lake Illawarra, 43.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Illawarra, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Illawarra, there were 115 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 44.3%) were male and 64 (or 55.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Illawarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $817.

In Lake Illawarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.