Launching Place

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,492 people in Launching Place of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Launching Place was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Launching Place aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Launching Place was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Launching Place, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Launching Place was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Launching Place 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Launching Place were English 31.6%, Australian 29.3%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.1%.

In Launching Place, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Netherlands 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Launching Place, 65.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Launching Place were No Religion 38.3%, Catholic 15.5%, Anglican 14.1%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Launching Place 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Dutch 0.4%, Greek 0.3%, Italian 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Launching Place. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Launching Place, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Launching Place was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Launching Place included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Professionals 12.2%, Labourers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Managers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Launching Place, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Building Completion Services 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Launching Place was $545.

In Launching Place, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.0%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train, car as driver 1.4%, Truck 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Launching Place, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Launching Place, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Launching Place, 49.4% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Launching Place 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Launching Place, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,908 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Launching Place, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Launching Place, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Launching Place, 75.2% were separate houses, 24.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Launching Place, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Launching Place, 32.2% were owned outright, 56.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Launching Place, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Launching Place, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Launching Place, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Launching Place, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 35.3%) were male and 11 (or 64.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Launching Place, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Launching Place, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.