Laceys Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 245 people in Laceys Creek of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Laceys Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Laceys Creek aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Laceys Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Laceys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Laceys Creek was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Laceys Creek 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 38.2% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Laceys Creek were English 33.9%, Australian 30.7%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 9.4% and German 5.9%.

In Laceys Creek, 84.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Germany 1.2%, Hungary 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Papua New Guinea 1.2%.

In Laceys Creek, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Laceys Creek were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 19.6%, Uniting Church 16.7%, Anglican 13.1% and Christian, nfd 6.1%.

In Laceys Creek 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Hungarian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Laceys Creek. Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Laceys Creek, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Laceys Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Laceys Creek included Professionals 22.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 13.5%, Labourers 12.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Laceys Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.3%, School Education 4.3%, Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing 3.5% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Laceys Creek was $654.

In Laceys Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Train, car as driver 5.0%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bus 2.8% and Truck 2.8%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Laceys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.8% 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 Laceys Creek, 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Laceys Creek, 47.8% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Laceys Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Laceys Creek, of couple families with children, 35.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Laceys Creek, 83.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laceys Creek, 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 Laceys Creek, of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Laceys Creek, 33.3% were owned outright, 53.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Laceys Creek, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Laceys Creek, 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.9% 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 Laceys Creek, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Laceys Creek, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 2 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 Laceys Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Laceys Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.