Patterson Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,582 people in Patterson Lakes of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Patterson Lakes was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Patterson Lakes aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Patterson Lakes was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Patterson Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% 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 Patterson Lakes was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Patterson Lakes 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Patterson Lakes were English 26.3%, Australian 24.3%, Irish 6.6%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 3.8%.

In Patterson Lakes, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, India 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Patterson Lakes, 49.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Patterson Lakes were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 16.9%, Eastern Orthodox 4.9% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Patterson Lakes 78.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.3%, Mandarin 1.3%, Italian 1.3%, Cantonese 1.3% and Arabic 1.0%.

Employment

There were 4,067 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Patterson Lakes. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Patterson Lakes, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Patterson Lakes was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Patterson Lakes included Professionals 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Managers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Patterson Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.1% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Patterson Lakes was $656.

In Patterson Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 3.4%, Walked only 1.2% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 6.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Patterson Lakes, 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, 27.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Patterson Lakes, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Patterson Lakes, 45.5% were couple families with children, 39.9% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Patterson Lakes 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Patterson Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,439 and those without children was $2,168.

Employment status of couple families

In Patterson Lakes, of couple families with children, 25.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Patterson Lakes, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Patterson Lakes, 63.0% were separate houses, 22.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Patterson Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Patterson Lakes, 37.2% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Patterson Lakes, of all households, 73.3% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Patterson Lakes, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.9% 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 Patterson Lakes, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Patterson Lakes, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 63.6%) were male and 4 (or 36.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Patterson Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Patterson Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $325 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.