Vaucluse

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 76,086 people in Vaucluse of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Vaucluse was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Vaucluse aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vaucluse was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Vaucluse, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vaucluse was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Vaucluse 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.4% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 21.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vaucluse were English 21.1%, Australian 16.5%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 5.7% and Jewish 3.5%.

In Vaucluse, 53.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, South Africa 5.4%, New Zealand 2.9%, Ireland 1.4% and United States of America 1.4%.

In Vaucluse, 33.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vaucluse were No Religion 21.1%, Judaism 20.7%, Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 13.4% and Eastern Orthodox 3.2%.

In Vaucluse 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 1.9%, Hebrew 1.5%, Greek 1.3%, French 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 41,210 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vaucluse. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vaucluse, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vaucluse was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Vaucluse included Professionals 39.7%, Managers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Labourers 2.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Vaucluse, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.4%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, School Education 3.1% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Vaucluse was $1,044.

In Vaucluse, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.4%, Train, bus 7.8%, Bus 7.4%, Train 6.8% and Walked only 5.4%. On the day, 27.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vaucluse, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Vaucluse, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vaucluse, 41.9% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Vaucluse 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vaucluse, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,280 and those without children was $3,077.

Employment status of couple families

In Vaucluse, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vaucluse, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vaucluse, 24.5% were separate houses, 13.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 61.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Vaucluse, of occupied private dwellings 11.8% had 1 bedroom, 41.7% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vaucluse, 31.3% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 41.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Vaucluse, of all households, 60.5% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 9.4% were group households.

In Vaucluse, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.4% 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 Vaucluse, 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vaucluse, there were 205 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 110 (or 53.7%) were male and 95 (or 46.3%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Vaucluse, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,594.

In Vaucluse, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.