Lymington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 370 people in Lymington of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lymington was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Lymington aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lymington was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Lymington, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lymington was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Lymington 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 18.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lymington were Australian 27.1%, English 26.9%, Irish 14.5%, Scottish 8.1% and German 5.0%.

In Lymington, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, United States of America 1.6%, Austria 1.4%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.1% and Nigeria 1.1%.

In Lymington, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lymington were No Religion 39.4%, Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 14.0%, Buddhism 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Lymington 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.6%, Danish 0.8%, French 0.8% and Korean 0.8%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lymington. Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 44.5% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lymington, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lymington was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Lymington included Managers 21.2%, Professionals 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Lymington, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 5.2%, Building Completion Services 2.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6% and Local Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lymington was $416.

In Lymington, 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 5.2%, Train 1.9%, Truck 1.9% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.9%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lymington, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Lymington, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lymington, 39.6% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Lymington 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lymington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Lymington, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 19.4% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lymington, 79.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lymington, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lymington, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lymington, 50.7% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lymington, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Lymington, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Lymington, 29.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lymington, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 64.5%) were male and 11 (or 35.5%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Lymington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Lymington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.