Victoria Plains (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 895 people in Victoria Plains (S) of these 55.9% were male and 44.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Victoria Plains (S) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Victoria Plains (S) aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Victoria Plains (S) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Victoria Plains (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Victoria Plains (S) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Victoria Plains (S) 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Victoria Plains (S) were Australian 35.2%, English 32.8%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.7% and German 2.3%.

In Victoria Plains (S), 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.3%, Philippines 1.2%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.6%.

In Victoria Plains (S), 68.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Victoria Plains (S) were Anglican 31.2%, Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 21.3%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Victoria Plains (S) 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Tamil 0.4%, French 0.3%, Russian 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 492 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victoria Plains (S). Of these 67.1% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Victoria Plains (S), 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Victoria Plains (S) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Victoria Plains (S) included Managers 41.1%, Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%, Professionals 5.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Victoria Plains (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.3%, School Education 5.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.6%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Victoria Plains (S) was $537.

In Victoria Plains (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.8%, Walked only 13.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Other 2.5% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Victoria Plains (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Victoria Plains (S), 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Victoria Plains (S), 48.1% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 6.1% were one parent families.

In Victoria Plains (S) 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Victoria Plains (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,446 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Victoria Plains (S), of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Victoria Plains (S), 73.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria Plains (S), 96.0% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Victoria Plains (S), of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria Plains (S), 43.1% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 33.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Victoria Plains (S), of all households, 64.9% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Victoria Plains (S), 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Victoria Plains (S), 27.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Victoria Plains (S), there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 56.5%) were male and 10 (or 43.5%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Victoria Plains (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Victoria Plains (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $112 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.