Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 633 people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) were English 36.9%, Australian 32.0%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.7%.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.7%, Canada 0.5%, Egypt 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) were Anglican 37.5%, No Religion 18.0%, Catholic 14.4%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6% and Greek 0.5%.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW). Of these 49.8% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 9.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) included Managers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 8.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 8.0%, Hospitals 6.0%, Building Installation Services 5.0% and Allied Health Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) was $356.

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In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Walked only 5.0%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. 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 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 16.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 35.8% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW) 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,187.

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Employment status of couple families

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 56.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 46.8% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), of all households, 74.1% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 38.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 50.0%) were male and 24 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Lansdowne (Greater Taree - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.