Yarra Ranges (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 137,113 people were counted in Yarra Ranges (S): of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S) there were 32,079 children aged 0-14 years and 24,345 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 123,249 people were Australian citizens, 23,118 were born overseas and 426 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 54.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 30.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 78.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yarra Ranges (S) were England 6.7%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Italy 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Yarra Ranges (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, German 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.8%, Greek 0.3% and Polish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 70,271 people aged 15 years and over in Yarra Ranges (S) were in the labour force. Of these 59.5% worked full-time, 32.5% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 31,574 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.4%, Professionals 9.7%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yarra Ranges (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.0%, Education 4.5%, Construction Trade Services 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 37,513 families were counted: of these, 31.1% were couple families without children, 53.6% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 47,887 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yarra Ranges (S), 93.9% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 39.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 42.0% were being purchased and 12.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 47.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yarra Ranges (S), 77.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.