Lakes Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Lakes Creek of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Lakes Creek was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Lakes Creek aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lakes Creek was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lakes Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lakes Creek was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Lakes Creek 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lakes Creek were Australian 30.1%, English 29.9%, Scottish 7.1%, Irish 5.6% and German 5.6%.

In Lakes Creek, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, England 1.8% and Mongolia 1.8%.

In Lakes Creek, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lakes Creek were Anglican 23.1%, No Religion 18.0%, Catholic 13.8%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Latter-day Saints 4.2%.

In Lakes Creek 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.2% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lakes Creek. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lakes Creek, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lakes Creek was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 26 years.

The most common occupations in Lakes Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Labourers 14.9%, Managers 12.4%, Professionals 11.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Lakes Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.5%, Coal Mining 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.7% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lakes Creek was $552.

In Lakes Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Bus 5.0%, Truck 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.5%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lakes Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Lakes Creek, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lakes Creek, 48.9% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Lakes Creek 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lakes Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Lakes Creek, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lakes Creek, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lakes Creek, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lakes Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lakes Creek, 40.6% were owned outright, 43.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Lakes Creek, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Lakes Creek, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.3% 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 Lakes Creek, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lakes Creek, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 42.9%) were male and 8 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Lakes Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Lakes 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 $0.