Lambells Lagoon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 230 people in Lambells Lagoon of these 56.5% were male and 43.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lambells Lagoon was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Lambells Lagoon aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lambells Lagoon was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Lambells Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lambells Lagoon was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Lambells Lagoon 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lambells Lagoon were Australian 24.7%, English 20.1%, Chinese 10.2%, Irish 5.7% and Australian Aboriginal 5.3%.

In Lambells Lagoon, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 5.7%, Canada 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2%, England 1.7% and Malaysia 1.7%.

In Lambells Lagoon, 58.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lambells Lagoon were No Religion 47.0%, Buddhism 10.9%, Catholic 8.7%, Anglican 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Lambells Lagoon 72.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 6.1%, Khmer 2.2%, Filipino 1.7%, Sinhalese 1.3% and Thai 1.3%.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lambells Lagoon. Of these 79.5% were employed full time, 11.6% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lambells Lagoon, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 71.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lambells Lagoon was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Lambells Lagoon included Managers 43.5%, Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Labourers 5.6%, Sales Workers 3.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Lambells Lagoon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 21.9%, State Government Administration 8.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.7%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 5.7% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lambells Lagoon was $653.

In Lambells Lagoon, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 37.0%, Walked only 12.0%, Other 2.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lambells Lagoon, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.5% 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, 19.3% 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 Lambells Lagoon, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lambells Lagoon, 50.9% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Lambells Lagoon 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lambells Lagoon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Lambells Lagoon, of couple families with children, 42.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lambells Lagoon, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lambells Lagoon, 75.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.8% were flats, units or apartments and 11.5% were other dwellings.

In Lambells Lagoon, of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lambells Lagoon, 28.9% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 27.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lambells Lagoon, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Lambells Lagoon, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Lambells Lagoon, 23.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lambells Lagoon, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 62.8%) were male and 16 (or 37.2%) 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 Lambells Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Lambells Lagoon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.