Lake King

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 332 people in Lake King of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lake King was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.2% of the population.

Of people in Lake King aged 15 years and over, 62.5% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lake King was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Lake King, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lake King was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Lake King 16.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 53.6% were in primary school, 5.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lake King were English 32.2%, Australian 32.0%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 8.8% and German 3.8%.

In Lake King, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.7%, England 4.2%, Norway 1.5%, Philippines 1.5% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Lake King, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lake King were Anglican 29.9%, Catholic 24.0%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Lake King 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Filipino 1.2%, Afrikaans 0.9%, Norwegian 0.9% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.9%.

Employment

There were 214 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lake King. Of these 75.2% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lake King, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lake King was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Lake King were Managers 66.2%, Labourers 9.9%, Professionals 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Lake King, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 69.8%, School Education 6.0%, Accommodation 1.9%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 1.4% and Metal Ore Mining 1.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lake King was $681.

In Lake King, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.0%, Walked only 11.2%, Other 4.7%, Truck 3.3% and Car, as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lake King, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.8% provided care for children and 5.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 50.8% 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 Lake King, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lake King, 45.5% were couple families with children, 54.5% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Lake King 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lake King, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,343 and those without children was $1,650.

Employment status of couple families

In Lake King, of couple families with children, 38.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 29.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lake King, 57.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 42.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake King, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lake King, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lake King, 48.3% were owned outright, 10.8% were owned with a mortgage and 38.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lake King, of all households, 71.7% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lake King, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Lake King, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lake King, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Lake King, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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