Lancaster

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 351 people in Lancaster of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lancaster was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Lancaster aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lancaster was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lancaster, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lancaster was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Lancaster 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lancaster were Australian 32.5%, English 31.4%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.0% and Italian 6.8%.

In Lancaster, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, Italy 1.7%, England 1.4%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Lancaster, 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lancaster were Catholic 30.2%, No Religion 23.9%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5%.

In Lancaster 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 3.2%, Maori (New Zealand) 1.1%, Macedonian 0.9% and Turkish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lancaster. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lancaster, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lancaster was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Lancaster included Managers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Professionals 11.2%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Labourers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Lancaster, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 9.6%, Road Freight Transport 6.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Hospitals 5.1% and Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lancaster was $521.

In Lancaster, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 2.2%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7% and Other 1.7%. 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 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lancaster, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Lancaster, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lancaster, 48.5% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Lancaster 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lancaster, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Lancaster, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 28.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lancaster, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lancaster, 40.6% were owned outright, 46.1% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lancaster, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lancaster, 23.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Lancaster, 13.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lancaster, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (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 Lancaster, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lancaster, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.