Laravale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 266 people in Laravale of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Laravale was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Laravale aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laravale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Laravale, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laravale was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Laravale 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laravale were English 34.5%, Australian 33.9%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 5.1%.

In Laravale, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 3.0% and Germany 1.1%.

In Laravale, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laravale were Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 23.2%, Uniting Church 15.0%, No Religion 14.6% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Laravale 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laravale. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laravale, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laravale was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Laravale included Managers 27.0%, Labourers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8% and Professionals 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Laravale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 16.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.8%, School Education 4.8% and Other Food Product Manufacturing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laravale was $469.

In Laravale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.3%, Walked only 8.1%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 2.0% and Other 2.0%. 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 54.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laravale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Laravale, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laravale, 38.5% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Laravale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Laravale, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laravale, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laravale, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Laravale, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laravale, 35.9% were owned outright, 31.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Laravale, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Laravale, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Laravale, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laravale, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Laravale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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