Lake Munmorah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,802 people in Lake Munmorah of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Munmorah was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.7% of the population.

Of people in Lake Munmorah aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Munmorah was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Lake Munmorah, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Munmorah was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lake Munmorah 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Munmorah were Australian 35.3%, English 32.9%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.5%.

In Lake Munmorah, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Ireland 0.4%.

In Lake Munmorah, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Munmorah were Anglican 33.4%, Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Lake Munmorah 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, Spanish 0.2%, French 0.2%, Portuguese 0.1% and Arabic 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,040 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Munmorah. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Munmorah, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Munmorah was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Munmorah included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Professionals 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Lake Munmorah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Building Completion Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Munmorah was $440.

In Lake Munmorah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 2.1%, Walked only 1.3% and Train 0.6%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Munmorah, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% 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, 14.1% 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 Munmorah, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Munmorah, 35.7% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 18.3% were one parent families.

In Lake Munmorah 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Munmorah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,067 and those without children was $1,652.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Munmorah, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Munmorah, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Munmorah, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lake Munmorah, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Munmorah, 45.9% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Munmorah, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Lake Munmorah, 35.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Munmorah, 45.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Munmorah, there were 162 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 81 (or 50.0%) were male and 81 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Munmorah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,428.

In Lake Munmorah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.