Woori Yallock

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,806 people in Woori Yallock of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Woori Yallock was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Woori Yallock aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woori Yallock was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Woori Yallock, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Woori Yallock was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Woori Yallock 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woori Yallock were Australian 34.0%, English 32.5%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.4% and German 3.7%.

In Woori Yallock, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 1.0%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Woori Yallock, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woori Yallock were No Religion 37.6%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 15.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Woori Yallock 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Thai 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woori Yallock. Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woori Yallock, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woori Yallock was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Woori Yallock included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Labourers 11.7%, Managers 11.1%, Professionals 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Woori Yallock, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, School Education 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woori Yallock was $539.

In Woori Yallock, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 1.5%, Walked only 1.5% and Train, car as driver 1.2%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woori Yallock, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Woori Yallock, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woori Yallock, 45.8% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Woori Yallock 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woori Yallock, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,726 and those without children was $1,564.

Employment status of couple families

In Woori Yallock, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woori Yallock, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woori Yallock, 95.6% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Woori Yallock, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 66.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woori Yallock, 27.8% were owned outright, 54.9% were owned with a mortgage and 13.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Woori Yallock, of all households, 75.4% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Woori Yallock, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Woori Yallock, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woori Yallock, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 48.5%) were male and 17 (or 51.5%) 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 Woori Yallock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Woori Yallock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $206 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.