Lamb Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 427 people in Lamb Island of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Lamb Island was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.6% of the population.

Of people in Lamb Island aged 15 years and over, 41.6% were married and 25.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lamb Island was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Lamb Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lamb Island was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Lamb Island 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lamb Island were English 33.4%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 9.5% and German 3.8%.

In Lamb Island, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 6.5%, Philippines 2.3%, Netherlands 1.6% and Germany 1.2%.

In Lamb Island, 54.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lamb Island were No Religion 28.4%, Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 19.7%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Lamb Island 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.8%, German 0.9%, French 0.9%, Spanish 0.9% and Samoan 0.9%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lamb Island. Of these 37.4% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 17.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lamb Island, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lamb Island was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Lamb Island included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Managers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Lamb Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.3%, Road Passenger Transport 4.3%, Water Transport Support Services 4.3% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lamb Island was $344.

In Lamb Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Ferry, car as driver 26.3%, Car, as driver 21.1%, Bicycle, other 4.2%, Walked only 4.2% and Ferry 3.2%. On the day, 42.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 22.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lamb Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 22.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Lamb Island, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lamb Island, 22.1% were couple families with children, 62.8% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Lamb Island 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lamb Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Lamb Island, of couple families with children, 5.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lamb Island, 63.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lamb Island, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lamb Island, of occupied private dwellings 10.8% had 1 bedroom, 44.6% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lamb Island, 43.8% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Lamb Island, of all households, 55.7% were family households, 38.8% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Lamb Island, 50.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Lamb Island, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lamb Island, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Lamb Island, 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 $900.

In Lamb Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.