North Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,046 people in North Lakes of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Lakes was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in North Lakes aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Lakes was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In North Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Lakes was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In North Lakes 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Lakes were English 31.0%, Australian 25.2%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 7.0% and German 3.7%.

In North Lakes, 63.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.2%, New Zealand 8.7%, South Africa 3.9%, Philippines 1.3% and Scotland 1.0%.

In North Lakes, 46.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Lakes were No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 23.4%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In North Lakes 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.5%, Hindi 0.8%, Tagalog 0.7%, Spanish 0.7% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 7,803 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Lakes. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Lakes, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Lakes was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in North Lakes included Professionals 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in North Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.1%, School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.2% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Lakes was $772.

In North Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train, car as driver 3.1%, Train 2.6% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.5% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 North Lakes, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Lakes, 55.2% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In North Lakes 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,344 and those without children was $2,164.

Employment status of couple families

In North Lakes, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Lakes, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Lakes, 93.5% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 30.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Lakes, 14.8% were owned outright, 47.0% were owned with a mortgage and 35.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North Lakes, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In North Lakes, 11.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 North Lakes, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Lakes, there were 228 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 98 (or 43.0%) were male and 130 (or 57.0%) 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 North Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,718.

In North Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $365 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,392.