Lenah Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,853 people in Lenah Valley of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lenah Valley was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Lenah Valley aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lenah Valley was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lenah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lenah Valley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Lenah Valley 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 28.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lenah Valley were English 30.5%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.6% and Italian 2.9%.

In Lenah Valley, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Italy 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and Greece 0.5%.

In Lenah Valley, 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lenah Valley were No Religion 31.1%, Catholic 26.1%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Eastern Orthodox 2.1%.

In Lenah Valley 88.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.5%, Italian 1.0%, Polish 0.7%, German 0.5% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,267 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lenah Valley. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lenah Valley, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lenah Valley was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lenah Valley included Professionals 30.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Managers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Lenah Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 8.1%, School Education 7.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.4% and Central Government Administration 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lenah Valley was $669.

In Lenah Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Bus 6.4%, Walked only 4.3% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lenah Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Lenah Valley, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lenah Valley, 43.9% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In Lenah Valley 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lenah Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,310 and those without children was $2,099.

Employment status of couple families

In Lenah Valley, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lenah Valley, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lenah Valley, 84.6% were separate houses, 6.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lenah Valley, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lenah Valley, 36.6% were owned outright, 38.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lenah Valley, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Lenah Valley, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Lenah Valley, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lenah Valley, there were 86 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 52.3%) were male and 41 (or 47.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Lenah Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,541.

In Lenah Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,592.