North Lambton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,116 people in North Lambton of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Lambton was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in North Lambton aged 15 years and over, 38.8% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Lambton was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In North Lambton, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Lambton was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In North Lambton 38.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.9% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 47.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Lambton were Australian 29.0%, English 27.6%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.1% and Chinese 3.4%.

In North Lambton, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%, England 1.5%, Malaysia 1.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.2% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In North Lambton, 67.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Lambton were Catholic 23.3%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In North Lambton 80.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Korean 1.2%, Italian 0.9%, Cantonese 0.9% and Swahili 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,474 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Lambton. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Lambton, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Lambton was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in North Lambton included Professionals 25.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 9.2%, Managers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in North Lambton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Hospitals 5.5%, Tertiary Education 4.3%, School Education 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Lambton was $460.

In North Lambton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 2.3%, Bus 2.1% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Lambton, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 North Lambton, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Lambton, 34.9% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

In North Lambton 21.5% of single parents were male and 78.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Lambton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,242 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In North Lambton, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 22.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Lambton, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Lambton, 89.8% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Lambton, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Lambton, 34.0% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In North Lambton, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 11.1% were group households.

In North Lambton, 28.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 North Lambton, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Lambton, there were 83 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 44 (or 53.0%) were male and 39 (or 47.0%) 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 North Lambton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,300.

In North Lambton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $274 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.