Valley View

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,887 people were counted in Valley View: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View there were 1,016 children aged 0-14 years and 1,559 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 5,427 people were Australian citizens, 1,427 were born overseas and 23 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 56.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 27.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 72.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Valley View were England 7.6%, Germany 2.0%, Italy 1.7%, Scotland 1.2% and Viet Nam 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Valley View on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.2%, No Religion 18.6%, Anglican 12.9%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Lutheran 5.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.8%, Greek 2.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.5%, German 1.5% and Polish 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,965 people aged 15 years and over in Valley View were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 1,820 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.3%, Professionals 8.3%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Valley View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Health Services 4.8%, Education 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 1,761 families were counted: of these, 39.7% were couple families without children, 44.5% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 2,272 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Valley View, 96.1% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 51.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.8% were being purchased and 12.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 25.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 65.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Valley View, 76.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.