Monday, October 28, 2013

South-west Melbourne youngest in whole of Australia

Australia's youngest area
Lalor holds the title of Australia's youngest electoral division, with 9% of its population being aged 0-4. It also has Australia's lowest number of residents aged 65 and over with 7.0%.

Lalor covers parts of Altona Meadows and Truganina and all of Hoppers Crossing, Laverton, Laverton North, Little River, Point Cook, Seabrook, Tarneit, Werribee, Werribee South, Williams Landing and Wyndham Vale. It also includes part of Eynesbury, part of Mount Cottrell , Quandong, Mambourin and Cocoroc in its rural territory.

Lalor ranks 6th highest nationally and 2nd highest in Victoria for families being couples with dependent children (44.4%), and also has the 6th highest rate of residents purchasing their own homes at 49.3%.

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