Lancelin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 606 people in Lancelin of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lancelin was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.3% of the population.

Of people in Lancelin aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lancelin was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lancelin, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lancelin was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Lancelin 20.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.1% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lancelin were Australian 33.8%, English 29.6%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 4.4% and German 2.6%.

In Lancelin, 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 3.8%, Taiwan 1.5%, Germany 1.3% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Lancelin, 59.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lancelin were No Religion 28.4%, Anglican 26.4%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Lancelin 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.5%, German 0.7%, Portuguese 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Bulgarian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lancelin. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lancelin, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Lancelin included Labourers 25.0%, Managers 14.7%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Lancelin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 9.3%, Fishing 7.8%, Accommodation 5.2%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.1% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lancelin was $507.

In Lancelin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.0%, Car, as passenger 12.5%, Walked only 9.6%, Truck 4.4% and Other 1.8%. 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 59.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lancelin, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Lancelin, 20.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lancelin, 27.0% were couple families with children, 59.1% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Lancelin 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lancelin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $1,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Lancelin, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lancelin, 29.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 70.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lancelin, 79.8% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Lancelin, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lancelin, 41.9% were owned outright, 19.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lancelin, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 32.7% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Lancelin, 33.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Lancelin, 29.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lancelin, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Lancelin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Lancelin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.