Lennox Head

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,147 people in Lennox Head of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lennox Head was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Lennox Head aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lennox Head was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lennox Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% 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 Lennox Head was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lennox Head 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lennox Head were English 30.8%, Australian 30.6%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.3%.

In Lennox Head, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 0.7%, United States of America 0.7% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Lennox Head, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lennox Head were Catholic 27.6%, No Religion 27.2%, Anglican 20.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Lennox Head 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Japanese 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lennox Head. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 38.0% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lennox Head, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lennox Head was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lennox Head included Professionals 26.5%, Managers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Labourers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Lennox Head, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Hospitals 3.5%, Allied Health Services 2.9% and Accommodation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lennox Head was $597.

In Lennox Head, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 3.5%, Bicycle 1.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lennox Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Lennox Head, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lennox Head, 45.1% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Lennox Head 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lennox Head, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,070 and those without children was $1,947.

Employment status of couple families

In Lennox Head, of couple families with children, 16.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lennox Head, 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lennox Head, 76.5% were separate houses, 21.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Lennox Head, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lennox Head, 35.5% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lennox Head, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Lennox Head, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Lennox Head, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lennox Head, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 56.0%) were male and 37 (or 44.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Lennox Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,678.

In Lennox Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $365 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.