Vasa Views

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 204 people in Vasa Views of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Vasa Views was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Vasa Views aged 15 years and over, 65.8% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vasa Views was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Vasa Views, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vasa Views was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Vasa Views 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.4% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 4.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vasa Views were Australian 27.6%, English 22.9%, Italian 13.0%, Irish 10.9% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Vasa Views, 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, Germany 1.4%, Italy 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and Syria 1.4%.

In Vasa Views, 70.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vasa Views were Catholic 38.9%, No Religion 17.3%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Lutheran 2.9%.

In Vasa Views 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vasa Views. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vasa Views, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vasa Views was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Vasa Views included Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Managers 10.4%, Labourers 10.4% and Sales Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Vasa Views, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 17.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 11.4%, Local Government Administration 4.8%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Product Manufacturing 3.8% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Vasa Views was $590.

In Vasa Views, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 2.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.9% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vasa Views, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Vasa Views, 32.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vasa Views, 55.2% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Vasa Views 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vasa Views, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Vasa Views, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 32.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vasa Views, 87.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vasa Views, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Vasa Views, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vasa Views, 43.1% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 4.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Vasa Views, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Vasa Views, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Vasa Views, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vasa Views, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Vasa Views, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Vasa Views, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $400.