Lancefield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,357 people in Lancefield of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Lancefield was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Lancefield aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lancefield was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lancefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% 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 Lancefield was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lancefield 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lancefield were Australian 30.6%, English 30.2%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.0%.

In Lancefield, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, Italy 0.8%, Scotland 0.6% and Malta 0.5%.

In Lancefield, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lancefield were Catholic 30.8%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Lancefield 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.3%, French 0.3%, Slovak 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lancefield. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lancefield, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Lancefield included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Professionals 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Managers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Labourers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Lancefield, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lancefield was $543.

In Lancefield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.0%, Truck 1.9% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lancefield, 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, 31.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Lancefield, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lancefield, 42.7% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Lancefield 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lancefield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,119 and those without children was $1,757.

Employment status of couple families

In Lancefield, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lancefield, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lancefield, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Lancefield, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% 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 Lancefield, 36.7% were owned outright, 48.0% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Lancefield, of all households, 75.3% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Lancefield, 22.8% 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 Lancefield, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lancefield, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 71.4%) were male and 4 (or 28.6%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Lancefield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Lancefield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.