Varsity Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,366 people in Varsity Lakes of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Varsity Lakes was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Varsity Lakes aged 15 years and over, 40.2% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Varsity Lakes was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Varsity Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Varsity Lakes was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Varsity Lakes 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 31.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Varsity Lakes were English 27.2%, Australian 22.2%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and Chinese 3.9%.

In Varsity Lakes, 61.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.1%, England 4.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8%, South Africa 1.7% and Malaysia 1.0%.

In Varsity Lakes, 45.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Varsity Lakes were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Varsity Lakes 76.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.3%, Cantonese 1.7%, Japanese 1.1%, Korean 1.0% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 7,128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Varsity Lakes. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Varsity Lakes, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Varsity Lakes was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Varsity Lakes included Professionals 18.6%, Sales Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Managers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Labourers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Varsity Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 3.2%, Accommodation 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Varsity Lakes was $522.

In Varsity Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.6%, Bus 1.7% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Varsity Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Varsity Lakes, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Varsity Lakes, 40.9% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 22.9% were one parent families.

In Varsity Lakes 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Varsity Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,988 and those without children was $1,953.

Employment status of couple families

In Varsity Lakes, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Varsity Lakes, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Varsity Lakes, 51.3% were separate houses, 32.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Varsity Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Varsity Lakes, 19.0% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 46.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Varsity Lakes, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Varsity Lakes, 24.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Varsity Lakes, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Varsity Lakes, there were 203 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 107 (or 52.7%) were male and 96 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Varsity Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Varsity Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.