Clarence Valley (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 49,665 people in Clarence Valley (A) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Clarence Valley (A) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3% of the population.

Of people in Clarence Valley (A) aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clarence Valley (A) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Clarence Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clarence Valley (A) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Clarence Valley (A) 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clarence Valley (A) were Australian 34.6%, English 31.9%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 8.3% and German 3.4%.

In Clarence Valley (A), 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Clarence Valley (A), 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clarence Valley (A) were Anglican 30.6%, Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 19.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Clarence Valley (A) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Italian 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 19,501 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clarence Valley (A). Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clarence Valley (A), 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clarence Valley (A) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Clarence Valley (A) included Professionals 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Managers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 11.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Clarence Valley (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Residential Care Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clarence Valley (A) was $396.

In Clarence Valley (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 5.2%, Truck 2.0% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clarence Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Clarence Valley (A), 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clarence Valley (A), 34.0% were couple families with children, 46.7% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Clarence Valley (A) 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clarence Valley (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,671 and those without children was $1,428.

Employment status of couple families

In Clarence Valley (A), of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clarence Valley (A), 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clarence Valley (A), 87.2% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Clarence Valley (A), of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% 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 Clarence Valley (A), 43.7% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Clarence Valley (A), of all households, 69.6% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Clarence Valley (A), 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Clarence Valley (A), 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clarence Valley (A), there were 2,846 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,406 (or 49.4%) were male and 1,440 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Clarence Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $771.

In Clarence Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.