Yarrowitch

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 167 people in Yarrowitch of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarrowitch was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Yarrowitch aged 15 years and over, 67.4% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarrowitch was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Yarrowitch, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarrowitch was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 72 years.

In Yarrowitch 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.4% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarrowitch were Australian 33.8%, English 31.6%, Irish 15.1%, Scottish 11.1% and German 3.1%.

In Yarrowitch, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were India 2.4%, New Zealand 2.4% and Malta 1.8%.

In Yarrowitch, 86.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarrowitch were Anglican 29.5%, No Religion 18.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 18.1%, Catholic 15.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.4%.

In Yarrowitch 97.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 79 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarrowitch. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarrowitch, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarrowitch was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Yarrowitch were Managers 63.3%, Labourers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Professionals 7.6%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Yarrowitch, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 63.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.8% and Metal Container Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarrowitch was $367.

In Yarrowitch, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 29.1%, Walked only 15.2%, Motorbike/scooter 3.8% and Car as driver, other 3.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarrowitch, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Yarrowitch, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarrowitch, 34.0% were couple families with children, 54.7% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Yarrowitch 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarrowitch, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,458 and those without children was $159.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarrowitch, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 32.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarrowitch, 67.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarrowitch, 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 Yarrowitch, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarrowitch, 51.5% were owned outright, 20.6% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarrowitch, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 21.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yarrowitch, 34.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Yarrowitch, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarrowitch, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 30.8%) were male and 9 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Yarrowitch, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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