Lake Bolac

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 477 people in Lake Bolac of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Bolac was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Lake Bolac aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Bolac was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Lake Bolac, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Bolac was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Lake Bolac 19.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Bolac were English 32.4%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 13.3%, Irish 9.5% and German 3.0%.

In Lake Bolac, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Philippines 2.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Lake Bolac, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Bolac were Uniting Church 23.7%, Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 17.8%, No Religion 17.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.1%.

In Lake Bolac 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.9%, Maori (New Zealand) 1.7%, German 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.6% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 249 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Bolac. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Bolac, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Bolac was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Bolac included Managers 48.9%, Professionals 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lake Bolac, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.8%, School Education 6.4%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.1%, Hospitals 3.4% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Bolac was $451.

In Lake Bolac, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.9%, Walked only 9.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Other 2.6% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Bolac, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% 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, 50.0% 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 Lake Bolac, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Bolac, 37.5% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

In Lake Bolac 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Bolac, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,449 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Bolac, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% 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 Lake Bolac, 73.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Bolac, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lake Bolac, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 57.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Bolac, 58.7% were owned outright, 16.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Bolac, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Lake Bolac, 34.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Lake Bolac, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Bolac, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 57 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 Lake Bolac, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Lake Bolac, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.