Lakes Entrance

14.7% of Lakes Entrance's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,291 family households lived in Lakes Entrance; 26.7% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

28.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Lakes Entrance had 5,145 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 81.4% of occupied private dwellings in Lakes Entrance.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

51.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

19.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Lakes Entrance had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 38.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

9.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

63.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 43.6% of the total.

49.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.0% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

13.3% of Lakes Entrance's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.6% of ancestry responses in Lakes Entrance.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

16.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $866 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,227.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $252 per week.

Working from home was 9.4% in Lakes Entrance, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 28.9% in Lakes Entrance, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..