Lethbridge Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,655 people in Lethbridge Park of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Lethbridge Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Lethbridge Park aged 15 years and over, 32.9% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lethbridge Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lethbridge Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lethbridge Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Lethbridge Park 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 8.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lethbridge Park were Australian 29.5%, English 24.2%, Samoan 5.0%, Scottish 5.0% and Irish 5.0%.

In Lethbridge Park, 68.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, Samoa 3.5%, England 2.6%, Fiji 1.2% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Lethbridge Park, 56.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lethbridge Park were Catholic 27.9%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 15.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Lethbridge Park 74.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 5.7%, Arabic 1.5%, Tongan 1.2%, Hindi 1.1% and Filipino 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,544 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lethbridge Park. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 17.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lethbridge Park, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lethbridge Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Lethbridge Park included Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.7%, Labourers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Professionals 6.6% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Lethbridge Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, School Education 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lethbridge Park was $367.

In Lethbridge Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Train, bus 3.6%, Train 3.4% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 11.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lethbridge Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.5% 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 Lethbridge Park, 17.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lethbridge Park, 34.5% were couple families with children, 23.9% were couple families without children and 38.7% were one parent families.

In Lethbridge Park 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lethbridge Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,770 and those without children was $1,513.

Employment status of couple families

In Lethbridge Park, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lethbridge Park, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lethbridge Park, 90.6% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lethbridge Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 66.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lethbridge Park, 20.9% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 50.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lethbridge Park, of all households, 73.3% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Lethbridge Park, 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Lethbridge Park, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lethbridge Park, there were 383 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 200 (or 52.2%) were male and 183 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Lethbridge Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $646.

In Lethbridge Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $151 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.