Lane Cove West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,251 people in Lane Cove West of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lane Cove West was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Lane Cove West aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lane Cove West was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lane Cove West, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lane Cove West was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lane Cove West 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lane Cove West were Australian 23.1%, English 21.7%, Irish 10.1%, Chinese 7.7% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Lane Cove West, 67.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.8%, Malaysia 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7% and South Africa 1.4%.

In Lane Cove West, 40.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lane Cove West were Catholic 31.2%, No Religion 22.3%, Anglican 20.9%, Eastern Orthodox 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Lane Cove West 77.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 3.2%, Mandarin 3.2%, Spanish 1.4%, Greek 1.1% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lane Cove West. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lane Cove West, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lane Cove West was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lane Cove West included Professionals 36.3%, Managers 22.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Lane Cove West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Depository Financial Intermediation 4.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.1%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.8% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lane Cove West was $875.

In Lane Cove West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.5%, Bus 17.9%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Walked only 3.2% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 22.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lane Cove West, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Lane Cove West, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lane Cove West, 60.8% were couple families with children, 27.0% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Lane Cove West 4.5% of single parents were male and 95.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lane Cove West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,466 and those without children was $3,045.

Employment status of couple families

In Lane Cove West, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lane Cove West, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove West, 83.8% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lane Cove West, of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove West, 34.8% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lane Cove West, of all households, 77.5% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Lane Cove West, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 35.0% 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 Lane Cove West, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lane Cove West, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Lane Cove West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $4,500.

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