Mount Lawley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,703 people in Mount Lawley of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Lawley was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Lawley aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Lawley was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Lawley, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Lawley was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Mount Lawley 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 40.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Lawley were English 25.4%, Australian 19.6%, Irish 8.7%, Italian 7.0% and Scottish 7.0%.

In Mount Lawley, 59.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, Italy 2.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, India 1.8% and Ireland 1.5%.

In Mount Lawley, 37.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Lawley were No Religion 31.0%, Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 13.3%, Eastern Orthodox 2.8% and Buddhism 2.7%.

In Mount Lawley 74.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.9%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Mandarin 1.2%, Greek 1.0% and Cantonese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 6,441 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Lawley. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Lawley, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Lawley was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Lawley included Professionals 35.6%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Mount Lawley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.8%, School Education 4.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.0% and Tertiary Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Lawley was $834.

In Mount Lawley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.6%, Bus 10.4%, Walked only 6.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Train 3.0%. On the day, 17.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Lawley, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Mount Lawley, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Lawley, 39.5% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Mount Lawley 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Lawley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,326 and those without children was $2,595.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Lawley, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Lawley, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lawley, 55.5% were separate houses, 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Mount Lawley, of occupied private dwellings 9.8% had 1 bedroom, 32.8% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Lawley, 29.0% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Lawley, of all households, 58.7% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 9.0% were group households.

In Mount Lawley, 16.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.8% 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 Mount Lawley, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Lawley, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 43.5%) were male and 39 (or 56.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Mount Lawley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,600.

In Mount Lawley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.