Lake Boga Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Lake Boga (3584) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, North Western, Victoria. It is about 287 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Lake Boga is in the federal electorate of Mallee.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake Boga was 719 and is comprised of approximately 48.4% females and 51.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lake Boga is 41 years of age.

85.6% of people living in the suburb of Lake Boga were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.3% England, 1.3% Italy, 1.1% China , 0.7% Turkey, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.6% India, 0.6% Greece, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Germany.

90.4% of people living in Lake Boga speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Italian, 0.8% Turkish, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Other, 0.4% German, 0.4% Other.

The religious makeup of Lake Boga is 26.3% No religion, 19.5% Anglican, 19.1% Catholic, 13.2% Uniting Church, 11.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Buddhism, 0.8% Churches of Christ, 0.8% Christian, nfd.

55.8% of people are married, 26.0% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 31 widowed people living in Lake Boga.

57.8% of the people living in Lake Boga over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Lake Boga has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Lake Boga are 16.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Community & personal service workers, 12.6% Professionals, 12.6% Managers, 12.0% Labourers, 10.1% Sales workers, 10.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lake Boga work in are 14.5% Retail trade, 13.9% Health care and social assistance, 12.9% Manufacturing, 6.6% Education and training, 6.6% Wholesale trade, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

43.2% of homes are fully owned, and 32.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $456 per week and the median household income is $815 per week.

The median rent in Lake Boga is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $888 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lake Boga postcode 3584