Colonel Light Gardens

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 3,349 people in Colonel Light Gardens. Of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Colonel Light Gardens was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Colonel Light Gardens aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

In Colonel Light Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

In Colonel Light Gardens 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 23.6% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Colonel Light Gardens, 16.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 13.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 11.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Colonel Light Gardens were English 31.3%, Australian 25.8%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.5% and German 5.8%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Colonel Light Gardens (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Colonel Light Gardens, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%, Greece 0.9%, Italy 0.7% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 61.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Colonel Light Gardens, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 68.5%, England 7.0%, Italy 2.4%, Greece 2.3% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 1.4%.

In Colonel Light Gardens, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 70.8%, England 6.7%, Greece 2.0%, Italy 1.9% and Scotland 1.2%.

The most common responses for religion in Colonel Light Gardens were No Religion, so described 39.8%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 10.7%, Not stated 7.4% and Uniting Church 7.2%. In Colonel Light Gardens, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (54.0%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Colonel Light Gardens 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.7%, Italian 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0%, Polish 0.5% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,877 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Colonel Light Gardens. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Colonel Light Gardens, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Colonel Light Gardens included Professionals 32.6%, Managers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Colonel Light Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 6.1%, Primary Education 3.7%, Higher Education 3.1%, State Government Administration 3.0% and Cafes and Restaurants 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Colonel Light Gardens was $886.

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In Colonel Light Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Bus 6.2%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Worked at home 4.5% and Bicycle 2.8%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Colonel Light Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 15.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Colonel Light Gardens, 32.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Colonel Light Gardens, 58.9% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 23.7% of single parents were male and 76.3% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Colonel Light Gardens, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 32.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Colonel Light Gardens, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Colonel Light Gardens, 91.0% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Colonel Light Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Colonel Light Gardens, 37.5% were owned outright, 48.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Colonel Light Gardens, of all households, 82.0% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Colonel Light Gardens, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 32.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Colonel Light Gardens, 26.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Colonel Light Gardens, 91.2% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Colonel Light Gardens, 71.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 28.6% were female. The median age was 21 years.

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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.

In Colonel Light Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

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In Colonel Light Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,989.

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