Lysterfield South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 924 people in Lysterfield South of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lysterfield South was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Lysterfield South aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 4.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lysterfield South was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Lysterfield South, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lysterfield South was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Lysterfield South 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 40.7% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lysterfield South were Australian 25.7%, English 21.3%, Scottish 5.7%, Irish 5.5% and Italian 5.5%.

In Lysterfield South, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Romania 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and South Africa 1.4%.

In Lysterfield South, 40.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lysterfield South were Catholic 34.4%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 14.3%, Eastern Orthodox 4.3% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Lysterfield South 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Serbian 2.5%, Romanian 1.6%, Italian 1.5%, Polish 1.3% and Arabic 1.3%.

Employment

There were 528 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lysterfield South. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lysterfield South, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lysterfield South was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Lysterfield South included Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.2%, Managers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Lysterfield South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, School Education 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 4.0% and Building Completion Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lysterfield South was $664.

In Lysterfield South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 1.4%, Train, tram, car as passenger 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lysterfield South, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Lysterfield South, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lysterfield South, 70.8% were couple families with children, 25.1% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

In Lysterfield South 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lysterfield South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,739 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Lysterfield South, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 33.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lysterfield South, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lysterfield South, 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 Lysterfield South, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.6% had 2 bedrooms and 18.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.2. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lysterfield South, 36.8% were owned outright, 57.6% were owned with a mortgage and 4.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lysterfield South, of all households, 95.6% were family households, 4.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lysterfield South, 10.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.9% 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 Lysterfield South, 5.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lysterfield South, 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 0 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 Lysterfield South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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