Lalor Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,981 people in Lalor Park of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lalor Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Lalor Park aged 15 years and over, 42.0% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lalor Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lalor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lalor Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Lalor Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lalor Park were Australian 27.6%, English 24.0%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 5.5% and German 2.1%.

In Lalor Park, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 2.2%, Philippines 2.0%, India 1.6% and Fiji 1.0%.

In Lalor Park, 54.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lalor Park were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 21.7%, No Religion 15.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% and Islam 3.5%.

In Lalor Park 76.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.8%, Hindi 1.2%, Tagalog 1.1%, Tamil 0.8% and Cantonese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,171 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lalor Park. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lalor Park, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lalor Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Lalor Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Labourers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Lalor Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and School Education 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lalor Park was $487.

In Lalor Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Train 5.5%, Bus 2.2% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 13.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lalor Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.8% 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 Lalor Park, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lalor Park, 41.5% were couple families with children, 28.6% were couple families without children and 27.0% were one parent families.

In Lalor Park 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lalor Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,082 and those without children was $1,859.

Employment status of couple families

In Lalor Park, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lalor Park, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lalor Park, 92.6% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Lalor Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 59.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lalor Park, 25.7% were owned outright, 36.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lalor Park, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 28.8% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Lalor Park, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Lalor Park, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lalor Park, there were 190 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 96 (or 50.5%) were male and 94 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Lalor Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Lalor Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.