Yallourn North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,493 people in Yallourn North of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Yallourn North was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Yallourn North aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yallourn North was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yallourn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yallourn North was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Yallourn North 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.0% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yallourn North were Australian 31.4%, English 30.2%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 6.8% and German 2.8%.

In Yallourn North, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.8%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Yallourn North, 70.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yallourn North were No Religion 27.8%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 20.5%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Yallourn North 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, German 0.3%, Croatian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Bosnian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 664 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yallourn North. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yallourn North, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yallourn North was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Yallourn North included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Labourers 14.6%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Professionals 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2% and Managers 8.9%.

Of the employed people in Yallourn North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Electricity Generation 3.7% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yallourn North was $431.

In Yallourn North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 2.9%, Train 0.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yallourn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Yallourn North, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yallourn North, 38.3% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Yallourn North 30.6% of single parents were male and 69.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yallourn North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,725.

Employment status of couple families

In Yallourn North, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 20.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yallourn North, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yallourn North, 74.5% were separate houses, 24.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Yallourn North, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 60.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yallourn North, 42.6% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Yallourn North, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Yallourn North, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Yallourn North, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yallourn North, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 53.6%) were male and 13 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Yallourn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Yallourn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.