Yarrawonga Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Yarrawonga Park of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarrawonga Park was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Yarrawonga Park aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarrawonga Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Yarrawonga Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Yarrawonga Park 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarrawonga Park were Australian 35.3%, English 33.7%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.4% and French 2.2%.

In Yarrawonga Park, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 2.6%, Wales 1.3%, Finland 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Yarrawonga Park, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarrawonga Park were No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 18.2%, Seventh-day Adventist 6.6% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Yarrawonga Park 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Finnish 0.8% and Cantonese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarrawonga Park. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarrawonga Park, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarrawonga Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Yarrawonga Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Labourers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Professionals 12.0%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Managers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Yarrawonga Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Residential Care Services 4.8%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.2% and Grain Mill and Cereal Product Manufacturing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarrawonga Park was $572.

In Yarrawonga Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Train 4.8%, Truck 4.2% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarrawonga Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% 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 Yarrawonga Park, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarrawonga Park, 42.1% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 23.4% were one parent families.

In Yarrawonga Park 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarrawonga Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarrawonga Park, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarrawonga Park, 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarrawonga Park, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yarrawonga Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarrawonga Park, 30.6% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarrawonga Park, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 19.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Yarrawonga Park, 18.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Yarrawonga Park, 30.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarrawonga Park, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Yarrawonga Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Yarrawonga Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.