Yass Valley (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,020 people in Yass Valley (A) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Yass Valley (A) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Yass Valley (A) aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yass Valley (A) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Yass Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yass Valley (A) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Yass Valley (A) 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yass Valley (A) were Australian 32.7%, English 30.1%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.1%.

In Yass Valley (A), 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.5%, United States of America 0.5% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Yass Valley (A), 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yass Valley (A) were Catholic 28.5%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 22.7%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Yass Valley (A) 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Croatian 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 7,957 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yass Valley (A). Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yass Valley (A), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yass Valley (A) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Yass Valley (A) included Professionals 20.5%, Managers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Labourers 8.4%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Yass Valley (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 7.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Defence 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yass Valley (A) was $756.

In Yass Valley (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yass Valley (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Yass Valley (A), 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yass Valley (A), 47.7% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Yass Valley (A) 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yass Valley (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,481 and those without children was $2,351.

Employment status of couple families

In Yass Valley (A), of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yass Valley (A), 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yass Valley (A), 94.7% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Yass Valley (A), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yass Valley (A), 34.7% were owned outright, 43.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Yass Valley (A), of all households, 79.0% were family households, 19.1% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Yass Valley (A), 16.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.7% 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 Yass Valley (A), 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yass Valley (A), there were 295 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 161 (or 54.6%) were male and 134 (or 45.4%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Yass Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Yass Valley (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.