Lake Charm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in Lake Charm of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Charm was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Lake Charm aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Charm was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Lake Charm, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Charm was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Lake Charm 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 39.6% in secondary school and 8.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Charm were Australian 40.7%, English 29.1%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 4.6% and German 4.6%.

In Lake Charm, 90.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, Italy 1.3%, Germany 1.0%, Malta 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Lake Charm, 84.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Charm were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 16.7% and Baptist 4.5%.

In Lake Charm 97.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.3% and Maltese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Charm. Of these 67.5% were employed full time, 22.7% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Charm, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Charm was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Charm included Managers 36.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Professionals 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Sales Workers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Lake Charm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.0%, Local Government Administration 6.0%, School Education 4.0%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.3% and Hospitals 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Charm was $418.

In Lake Charm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.6%, Walked only 6.0%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Other 2.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. 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 59.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Charm, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.8% 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 Charm, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Charm, 59.0% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Lake Charm 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Charm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,485 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Charm, of couple families with children, 32.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Charm, 72.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Charm, 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 Charm, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.0% 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 Lake Charm, 45.0% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Charm, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lake Charm, 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Charm, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Charm, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Charm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lake Charm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.