Langford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,529 people in Langford of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Langford was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Langford aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Langford was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Langford, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Langford was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Langford 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Langford were English 20.6%, Australian 16.2%, Chinese 12.6%, Scottish 3.6% and Irish 3.4%.

In Langford, 44.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, England 4.4%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 4.1%, India 4.0% and Malaysia 3.9%.

In Langford, 24.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Langford were No Religion 22.0%, Catholic 21.2%, Islam 11.2%, Anglican 10.7% and Buddhism 8.0%.

In Langford 52.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.2%, Cantonese 4.3%, Burmese 3.0%, Indonesian 2.6% and Arabic 1.8%.

Employment

There were 2,659 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Langford. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Langford, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Langford was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Langford included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Labourers 14.8%, Professionals 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Managers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Langford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, School Education 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1%, Residential Care Services 3.1% and Road Freight Transport 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Langford was $514.

In Langford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 4.5%, Train, bus 2.5% and Train 2.0%. On the day, 11.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Langford, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Langford, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Langford, 45.4% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 22.1% were one parent families.

In Langford 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Langford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,896 and those without children was $2,058.

Employment status of couple families

In Langford, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 14.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Langford, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Langford, 84.4% were separate houses, 11.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Langford, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 56.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Langford, 23.8% were owned outright, 42.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Langford, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Langford, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Langford, 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Langford, there were 157 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 42.0%) were male and 91 (or 58.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Langford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $643.

In Langford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,100.