Mawson Lakes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,872 people in Mawson Lakes of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Mawson Lakes was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.6% of the population.

Of people in Mawson Lakes aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mawson Lakes was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Mawson Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mawson Lakes was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mawson Lakes 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 13.2% in secondary school and 31.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mawson Lakes were English 23.8%, Australian 20.3%, Chinese 5.8%, Scottish 4.7% and German 4.4%.

In Mawson Lakes, 59.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, Vietnam 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.1%, India 2.4% and Malaysia 1.5%.

In Mawson Lakes, 37.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mawson Lakes were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 9.2%, Buddhism 5.6% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Mawson Lakes 65.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 5.1%, Mandarin 3.6%, Cantonese 1.8%, Greek 1.1% and Serbian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 6,420 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mawson Lakes. Of these 67.2% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mawson Lakes, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mawson Lakes was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Mawson Lakes included Professionals 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Managers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Mawson Lakes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, School Education 3.6% and Tertiary Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mawson Lakes was $813.

In Mawson Lakes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Train 4.4%, Bus 3.2% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 10.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mawson Lakes, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 Mawson Lakes, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mawson Lakes, 49.0% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Mawson Lakes 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mawson Lakes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,376 and those without children was $2,206.

Employment status of couple families

In Mawson Lakes, of couple families with children, 32.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mawson Lakes, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mawson Lakes, 69.5% were separate houses, 17.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mawson Lakes, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% 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 Mawson Lakes, 11.9% were owned outright, 51.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mawson Lakes, of all households, 73.9% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Mawson Lakes, 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Mawson Lakes, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mawson Lakes, there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 34.4%) were male and 40 (or 65.6%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Mawson Lakes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Mawson 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.