Lal Lal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 599 people in Lal Lal of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Lal Lal was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Lal Lal aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lal Lal was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Lal Lal, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lal Lal was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Lal Lal 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.3% were in primary school, 30.7% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lal Lal were English 31.3%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.7%.

In Lal Lal, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 0.8%, India 0.8% and Italy 0.8%.

In Lal Lal, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lal Lal were No Religion 30.3%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 17.0%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 5.3%.

In Lal Lal 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.2%, Serbian 0.7%, Vietnamese 0.7%, Swahili 0.7% and Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 276 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lal Lal. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lal Lal, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lal Lal was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Lal Lal included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Managers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Labourers 9.5% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Lal Lal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.3%, School Education 7.1%, Building Installation Services 4.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.6% and Local Government Administration 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lal Lal was $511.

In Lal Lal, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 73.0%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Train, taxi 1.2%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lal Lal, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Lal Lal, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lal Lal, 46.7% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Lal Lal 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lal Lal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,136 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Lal Lal, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lal Lal, 81.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lal Lal, 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 Lal Lal, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lal Lal, 42.2% were owned outright, 52.3% were owned with a mortgage and 4.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Lal Lal, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Lal Lal, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Lal Lal, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lal Lal, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 66 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 Lal Lal, 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 $100.

In Lal Lal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $249.