Yamba

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,621 people were counted in Yamba: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 3.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba there were 925 children aged 0-14 years and 2,532 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 5,315 people were Australian citizens, 503 were born overseas and 38 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 61.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 19.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yamba were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Yamba on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 33.7%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 12.3%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were French 0.2%, Italian 0.1%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,804 people aged 15 years and over in Yamba were in the labour force. Of these 46.8% worked full-time, 37.2% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.2% were unemployed. 2,751 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 6.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Professionals 4.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yamba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.1%, Food Retailing 2.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7%, Education 2.4% and Business Services 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 1,459 families were counted: of these, 57.4% were couple families without children, 27.6% were couple families with children, 14.0% 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 Yamba, 2,416 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yamba, 61.7% were separate houses, 14.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.2% were flats, units or apartments and 12.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 52.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 12.7% were being purchased and 28.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 64.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yamba, 59.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.