Yan Yean

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 299 people in Yan Yean of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Yan Yean was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Yan Yean aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yan Yean was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Yan Yean, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yan Yean was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Yan Yean 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yan Yean were Australian 29.6%, English 26.6%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 5.3%.

In Yan Yean, 74.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 3.3%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.0%, Italy 2.3% and Netherlands 1.7%.

In Yan Yean, 59.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yan Yean were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Eastern Orthodox 4.7%.

In Yan Yean 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 4.0%, Macedonian 3.0% and Maltese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yan Yean. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yan Yean, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yan Yean was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Yan Yean included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.8%, Professionals 17.2%, Managers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Yan Yean, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.2%, Hospitals 4.5%, Non-Residential Building Construction 3.2%, Building Installation Services 3.2% and Building Completion Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yan Yean was $654.

In Yan Yean, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.9%, Walked only 2.6%, Truck 2.0% and Bus, tram 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yan Yean, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Yan Yean, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yan Yean, 50.0% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Yan Yean 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yan Yean, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Yan Yean, of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yan Yean, 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yan Yean, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yan Yean, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yan Yean, 35.4% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Yan Yean, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Yan Yean, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Yan Yean, 15.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yan Yean, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Yan Yean, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Yan Yean, 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.