St Lawrence

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 396 people in St Lawrence of these 58.1% were male and 41.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in St Lawrence was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.7% of the population.

Of people in St Lawrence aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 24.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St Lawrence was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 46 years.

In St Lawrence, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St Lawrence was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In St Lawrence 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 4.1% in secondary school and 3.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St Lawrence were English 34.6%, Australian 22.7%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.4%.

In St Lawrence, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, England 2.8% and Philippines 1.0%.

In St Lawrence, 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St Lawrence were Anglican 29.0%, No Religion 15.4%, Catholic 13.1%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.6%.

In St Lawrence 84.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St Lawrence. Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 20.1% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St Lawrence, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St Lawrence was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 63 years.

The most common occupations in St Lawrence included Managers 27.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Labourers 8.6%, Professionals 4.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.3% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in St Lawrence, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.1%, Local Government Administration 18.3%, Coal Mining 4.9%, Accommodation 4.2% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St Lawrence was $361.

In St Lawrence, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.1%, Walked only 15.0%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Bus 2.1% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St Lawrence, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.0% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 St Lawrence, 17.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St Lawrence, 17.0% were couple families with children, 71.3% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In St Lawrence 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St Lawrence, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In St Lawrence, of couple families with children, 12.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.8% had both employed part-time and 8.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St Lawrence, 61.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Lawrence, 85.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 14.8% were other dwellings.

In St Lawrence, of occupied private dwellings 12.3% had 1 bedroom, 34.0% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St Lawrence, 50.6% were owned outright, 20.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In St Lawrence, of all households, 57.5% were family households, 40.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In St Lawrence, 49.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 St Lawrence, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St Lawrence, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) 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 St Lawrence, 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 St Lawrence, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.