Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 916 people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 27.9% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) were Australian 37.0%, English 30.7%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.1%.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 0.9%, Greece 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 22.4%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.7%, Polish 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3% and Maltese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 542 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW). Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) included Professionals 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Managers 12.0%, Labourers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Accommodation 2.9% and Local Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) was $729.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 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 4.4%, Truck 2.7%, Train 2.3% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.0% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 32.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 58.6% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) 24.1% of single parents were male and 75.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $2,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), of couple families with children, 21.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 32.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 1.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 28.3% were owned outright, 59.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), of all households, 89.8% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 11.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.8% 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 Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,983.

In Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,275.