Lang Lang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,006 people in Lang Lang of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Lang Lang was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Lang Lang aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lang Lang was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Lang Lang, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lang Lang was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Lang Lang 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 29.0% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lang Lang were English 34.9%, Australian 31.9%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.5% and Italian 3.0%.

In Lang Lang, 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Netherlands 0.9%, Scotland 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8% and Egypt 0.5%.

In Lang Lang, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lang Lang were No Religion 28.9%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Lang Lang 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.5%, Arabic 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Sinhalese 0.4% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 479 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lang Lang. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lang Lang, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lang Lang was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Lang Lang included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Labourers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Managers 8.8% and Professionals 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Lang Lang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, School Education 3.4% and Metal Ore Mining 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lang Lang was $484.

In Lang Lang, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.3%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.9% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lang Lang, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Lang Lang, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lang Lang, 45.5% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Lang Lang 24.5% of single parents were male and 75.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lang Lang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,910 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Lang Lang, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lang Lang, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lang Lang, 92.1% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Lang Lang, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lang Lang, 35.5% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lang Lang, of all households, 70.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Lang Lang, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Lang Lang, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lang Lang, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Lang Lang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lang Lang, 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.