Lake Tyers Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 865 people in Lake Tyers Beach of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Tyers Beach was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Lake Tyers Beach aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Tyers Beach was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Lake Tyers Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Tyers Beach was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lake Tyers Beach 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Tyers Beach were Australian 31.4%, English 31.1%, Scottish 11.2%, Irish 11.2% and German 2.7%.

In Lake Tyers Beach, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.6% and Canada 0.3%.

In Lake Tyers Beach, 76.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Tyers Beach were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 20.2%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Lake Tyers Beach 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and Hakka 0.3%.

Employment

There were 374 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Tyers Beach. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Tyers Beach, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Tyers Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Tyers Beach included Professionals 18.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Labourers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Lake Tyers Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.3%, Residential Care Services 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Tyers Beach was $473.

In Lake Tyers Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Other 2.0%, Walked only 2.0% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Tyers Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Tyers Beach, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Tyers Beach, 33.6% were couple families with children, 51.0% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Lake Tyers Beach 21.6% of single parents were male and 78.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Tyers Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,654 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Tyers Beach, of couple families with children, 12.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Tyers Beach, 62.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Tyers Beach, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Lake Tyers Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Tyers Beach, 42.5% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Tyers Beach, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Lake Tyers Beach, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Tyers Beach, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Tyers Beach, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 60.0%) were male and 8 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Tyers Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Lake Tyers Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $1,096 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.