Lancefield Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Lancefield (3435) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 63 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Lancefield is in the federal electorate of McEwen.

In the 2011 census the population of Lancefield was 2,357 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lancefield is 43 years of age.

83.9% of people living in the suburb of Lancefield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Italy, 0.6% Malta, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% Kuwait, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Poland, 0.3% Cyprus, 0.3% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.2% South Africa.

91.5% of people living in Lancefield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Italian, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% French, 0.3% Arabic, 0.2% Maltese, 0.2% German, 0.2% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Lancefield is 30.9% Catholic, 22.4% No religion, 16.6% Anglican, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.6% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Baptist, 1.0% Eastern Orthodox, 0.9% Pentecostal.

54.1% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 9.5% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 78 widowed people living in Lancefield.

58.6% of the people living in Lancefield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Lancefield has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lancefield are 17.5% Technicians & trades workers, 17.2% Professionals, 14.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.9% Managers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.9% Labourers, 8.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.2% Sales workers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lancefield work in are 12.0% Construction, 10.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.6% Manufacturing, 8.2% Retail trade, 8.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Education and training, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Other services.

36.2% of homes are fully owned, and 48.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $543 per week and the median household income is $1231 per week.

The median rent in Lancefield is $215 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lancefield postcode 3435