Lara (Western Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 70,455 people in Lara (Western Victoria) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lara (Western Victoria) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Lara (Western Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lara (Western Victoria) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lara (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lara (Western Victoria) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Lara (Western Victoria) 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lara (Western Victoria) were Australian 27.2%, English 25.1%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 6.3% and Italian 3.4%.

In Lara (Western Victoria), 73.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Philippines 1.2%, India 1.0% and Croatia 1.0%.

In Lara (Western Victoria), 56.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lara (Western Victoria) were Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Lara (Western Victoria) 79.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 1.5%, Italian 1.1%, Macedonian 1.0%, Serbian 0.8% and Karen 0.8%.

Employment

There were 32,532 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lara (Western Victoria). Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lara (Western Victoria), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lara (Western Victoria) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Lara (Western Victoria) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Labourers 13.4%, Professionals 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.4% and Managers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Lara (Western Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, School Education 3.7%, Hospitals 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lara (Western Victoria) was $496.

In Lara (Western Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Train 2.9%, Walked only 1.5% and Train, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lara (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Lara (Western Victoria), 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lara (Western Victoria), 44.3% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Lara (Western Victoria) 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lara (Western Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,027 and those without children was $1,870.

Employment status of couple families

In Lara (Western Victoria), of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lara (Western Victoria), 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lara (Western Victoria), 92.7% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lara (Western Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lara (Western Victoria), 28.5% were owned outright, 40.8% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lara (Western Victoria), of all households, 75.2% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Lara (Western Victoria), 26.4% 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 Lara (Western Victoria), 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lara (Western Victoria), there were 981 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 471 (or 48.0%) were male and 510 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Lara (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $895.

In Lara (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.