Lakes Entrance

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,965 people in Lakes Entrance of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Lakes Entrance was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.5% of the population.

Of people in Lakes Entrance aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lakes Entrance was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Lakes Entrance, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lakes Entrance was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Lakes Entrance 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lakes Entrance were Australian 31.4%, English 31.4%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.3% and Italian 3.1%.

In Lakes Entrance, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Netherlands 1.0%, Scotland 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Italy 0.8%.

In Lakes Entrance, 73.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lakes Entrance were No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 21.3%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Lakes Entrance 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, German 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,200 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lakes Entrance. Of these 48.3% were employed full time, 36.3% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lakes Entrance, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lakes Entrance was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Lakes Entrance included Labourers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Managers 12.4%, Professionals 12.1%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Lakes Entrance, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, School Education 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4% and Residential Care Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lakes Entrance was $389.

In Lakes Entrance, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.4%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Walked only 4.9%, Other 1.4% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lakes Entrance, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Lakes Entrance, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lakes Entrance, 31.1% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Lakes Entrance 11.5% of single parents were male and 88.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lakes Entrance, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,636 and those without children was $1,445.

Employment status of couple families

In Lakes Entrance, of couple families with children, 11.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lakes Entrance, 73.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lakes Entrance, 75.4% were separate houses, 11.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.2% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Lakes Entrance, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lakes Entrance, 44.5% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Lakes Entrance, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Lakes Entrance, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Lakes Entrance, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lakes Entrance, there were 244 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 115 (or 47.1%) were male and 129 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Lakes Entrance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $678.

In Lakes Entrance, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $176 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,037.