Lane Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 68,633 people in Lane Cove of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lane Cove was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Lane Cove aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lane Cove was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lane Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lane Cove was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Lane Cove 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 24.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lane Cove were English 22.9%, Australian 21.6%, Irish 9.4%, Chinese 6.8% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Lane Cove, 65.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, India 1.4% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.3%.

In Lane Cove, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lane Cove were Catholic 33.1%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 17.2%, Eastern Orthodox 3.6% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In Lane Cove 73.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 3.3%, Mandarin 3.0%, Italian 2.2%, Greek 1.7% and Korean 1.0%.

Employment

There were 35,728 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lane Cove. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lane Cove, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lane Cove was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Lane Cove included Professionals 37.2%, Managers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Lane Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.6%, School Education 4.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.0%, Hospitals 3.8% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lane Cove was $847.

In Lane Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Bus 12.9%, Train 4.7%, Walked only 3.7% and Car, as passenger 3.6%. On the day, 23.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lane Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Lane Cove, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lane Cove, 51.1% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Lane Cove 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lane Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,285 and those without children was $2,876.

Employment status of couple families

In Lane Cove, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lane Cove, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove, 59.0% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Lane Cove, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 32.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove, 35.5% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 28.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lane Cove, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Lane Cove, 16.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.9% 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 Lane Cove, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lane Cove, there were 214 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 114 (or 53.3%) were male and 100 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Lane Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,895.

In Lane Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.