Lane Cove North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,337 people in Lane Cove North of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lane Cove North was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Lane Cove North aged 15 years and over, 46.3% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lane Cove North was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Lane Cove North, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lane Cove North was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Lane Cove North 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lane Cove North were English 21.7%, Australian 19.0%, Chinese 9.0%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Lane Cove North, 56.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.6%, England 4.6%, India 2.4%, New Zealand 2.1% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.6%.

In Lane Cove North, 33.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lane Cove North were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 15.5%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Lane Cove North 64.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 4.5%, Mandarin 4.4%, Japanese 1.9%, Armenian 1.5% and Persian (excluding Dari) 1.4%.

Employment

There were 5,469 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lane Cove North. Of these 67.7% were employed full time, 23.6% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lane Cove North, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lane Cove North was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Lane Cove North included Professionals 39.4%, Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Lane Cove North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 6.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lane Cove North was $921.

In Lane Cove North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.2%, Bus 20.3%, Train 4.9%, Walked only 4.5% and Car, as passenger 3.6%. On the day, 30.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lane Cove North, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% 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, 19.3% 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 North, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lane Cove North, 44.4% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Lane Cove North 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lane Cove North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,141 and those without children was $2,645.

Employment status of couple families

In Lane Cove North, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.7% 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 North, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove North, 31.9% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 61.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Lane Cove North, of occupied private dwellings 8.5% had 1 bedroom, 46.3% had 2 bedrooms and 27.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lane Cove North, 23.2% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 38.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lane Cove North, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Lane Cove North, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.8% 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 North, 50.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lane Cove North, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 31.4%) were male and 24 (or 68.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $387.

In Lane Cove North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $488 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.