Colonel Light Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,311 people in Colonel Light Gardens of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Colonel Light Gardens was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Colonel Light Gardens aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Colonel Light Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Colonel Light Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Colonel Light Gardens was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Colonel Light Gardens 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.2% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Colonel Light Gardens were English 29.9%, Australian 29.7%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.7% and German 5.9%.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Greece 0.9%, Italy 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Colonel Light Gardens were No Religion 30.4%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Eastern Orthodox 4.0%.

In Colonel Light Gardens 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.2%, Italian 1.4%, Mandarin 0.5%, Dutch 0.4% and Cantonese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,832 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Colonel Light Gardens. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Colonel Light Gardens, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Colonel Light Gardens was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Colonel Light Gardens included Professionals 31.9%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Colonel Light Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.6%, Hospitals 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Colonel Light Gardens was $764.

In Colonel Light Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Bicycle 2.2% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Colonel Light Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.1% 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, 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 Colonel Light Gardens, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Colonel Light Gardens, 59.3% were couple families with children, 29.0% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Colonel Light Gardens 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Colonel Light Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,610 and those without children was $2,465.

Employment status of couple families

In Colonel Light Gardens, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 35.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Colonel Light Gardens, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Colonel Light Gardens, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Colonel Light Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% 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 Colonel Light Gardens, 36.9% were owned outright, 49.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Colonel Light Gardens, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.2% 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 Colonel Light Gardens, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Colonel Light Gardens, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 41.2%) were male and 10 (or 58.8%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Colonel Light Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Colonel Light Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.