Lake Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,666 people in Lake Gardens of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake Gardens was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Lake Gardens aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake Gardens was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Lake Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake Gardens was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lake Gardens 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake Gardens were English 30.0%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 12.9%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.0%.

In Lake Gardens, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, India 1.4%, South Africa 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Lake Gardens, 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake Gardens were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 20.3%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 14.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Lake Gardens 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.0%, Hindi 0.7%, Arabic 0.6%, Bengali 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 823 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake Gardens. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake Gardens, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake Gardens was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Lake Gardens included Professionals 27.7%, Managers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Lake Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.6%, School Education 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 2.6% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake Gardens was $636.

In Lake Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Train 1.9%, Walked only 1.7% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% 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, 26.7% 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 Gardens, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake Gardens, 45.0% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Lake Gardens 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,694 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake Gardens, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake Gardens, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake Gardens, 95.7% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lake Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% 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 Gardens, 40.7% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake Gardens, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Lake Gardens, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.1% 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 Lake Gardens, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake Gardens, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Lake Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.