South Yarra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,134 people in South Yarra of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in South Yarra was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in South Yarra aged 15 years and over, 29.5% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Yarra was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In South Yarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Yarra was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In South Yarra 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.2% were in primary school, 10.5% in secondary school and 38.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Yarra were English 22.7%, Australian 16.9%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.0% and Chinese 5.1%.

In South Yarra, 56.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.7%, India 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0% and Malaysia 1.2%.

In South Yarra, 41.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Yarra were No Religion 31.5%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 13.5%, Eastern Orthodox 3.5% and Judaism 3.1%.

In South Yarra 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.5%, Greek 2.1%, Cantonese 1.7%, Russian 1.6% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 12,153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Yarra. Of these 70.4% were employed full time, 20.8% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Yarra, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Yarra was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in South Yarra included Professionals 43.9%, Managers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Labourers 2.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in South Yarra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.5%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Yarra was $1,024.

In South Yarra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.3%, Train 15.8%, Walked only 13.7%, Tram 8.2% and Bicycle 3.8%. On the day, 31.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Yarra, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.8% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 South Yarra, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Yarra, 23.6% were couple families with children, 60.8% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In South Yarra 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Yarra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,408 and those without children was $2,748.

Employment status of couple families

In South Yarra, of couple families with children, 34.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Yarra, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Yarra, 14.9% were separate houses, 15.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 69.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In South Yarra, of occupied private dwellings 25.9% had 1 bedroom, 44.9% had 2 bedrooms and 20.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Yarra, 20.1% were owned outright, 16.7% were owned with a mortgage and 60.8% were rented.

Household composition

In South Yarra, of all households, 46.2% were family households, 41.0% were single person households and 12.8% were group households.

In South Yarra, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.2% 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 South Yarra, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Yarra, there were 66 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 56.1%) were male and 29 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 South Yarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In South Yarra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $373 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,250.