Taylors Lakes Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Taylors Lakes (3038) is a suburb of Melbourne, West, Victoria. It is about 21 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Taylors Lakes is in the federal electorate of Calwell.

In the 2011 census the population of Taylors Lakes was 16,095 and is comprised of approximately 49.9% females and 50.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Taylors Lakes is 37 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Taylors Lakes were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% India, 3.0% Italy, 2.2% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 2.1% Malta, 1.8% Vietnam, 1.7% Croatia, 1.3% Egypt, 1.3% England, 1.2% Greece, 1.1% Philippines, 1.0% Cyprus, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% China .

55.9% of people living in Taylors Lakes speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Italian, 4.7% Greek, 4.3% Macedonian, 3.5% Arabic, 3.2% Croatian, 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Maltese, 2.4% Vietnamese, 2.2% Other.

The religious makeup of Taylors Lakes is 46.3% Catholic, 13.8% Eastern Orthodox, 8.9% No religion, 6.0% Anglican, 4.7% Islam, 4.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.8% Buddhism, 2.1% Uniting Church, 1.8% Hinduism, 1.5% Oriental Orthodox.

57.6% of people are married, 32.4% have never married and 4.5% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 420 widowed people living in Taylors Lakes.

59.0% of the people living in Taylors Lakes over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.2% are working on a part time basis. Taylors Lakes has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Taylors Lakes are 18.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.3% Professionals, 15.1% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Sales workers, 11.9% Managers, 8.0% Labourers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Taylors Lakes work in are 14.1% Retail trade, 12.6% Manufacturing, 9.0% Construction, 8.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.0% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Education and training, 5.6% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.2% Public administration and safety.

44.3% of homes are fully owned, and 42.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $565 per week and the median household income is $1661 per week.

The median rent in Taylors Lakes is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Taylors Lakes postcode 3038