Taylors Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,095 people in Taylors Lakes of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Taylors Lakes was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Taylors Lakes aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 6.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taylors Lakes was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Taylors Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taylors Lakes was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Taylors Lakes 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taylors Lakes were Australian 14.7%, Italian 14.2%, English 11.3%, Maltese 7.1% and Greek 5.7%.

In Taylors Lakes, 65.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.0%, Italy 3.0%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.2%, Malta 2.1% and Vietnam 1.8%.

In Taylors Lakes, 29.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taylors Lakes were Catholic 46.3%, Eastern Orthodox 13.7%, No Religion 8.9%, Anglican 6.0% and Islam 4.7%.

In Taylors Lakes 55.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.8%, Greek 4.7%, Macedonian 4.4%, Arabic 3.5% and Croatian 3.1%.

Employment

There were 8,952 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taylors Lakes. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taylors Lakes, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taylors Lakes was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Taylors Lakes included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Sales Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.0%, Labourers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Taylors Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%, Hospitals 2.6% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taylors Lakes was $565.

In Taylors Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train 4.5%, Train, car as driver 1.1% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taylors Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Taylors Lakes, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taylors Lakes, 63.3% were couple families with children, 24.0% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Taylors Lakes 20.1% of single parents were male and 79.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taylors Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,356 and those without children was $2,053.

Employment status of couple families

In Taylors Lakes, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taylors Lakes, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylors Lakes, 95.8% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Taylors Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylors Lakes, 44.3% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Taylors Lakes, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Taylors Lakes, 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% 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 Taylors Lakes, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taylors Lakes, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 30.0%) were male and 14 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Taylors Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Taylors Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $347 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.