Yellingbo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 515 people in Yellingbo of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Yellingbo was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Yellingbo aged 15 years and over, 46.8% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yellingbo was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Yellingbo, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yellingbo was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Yellingbo 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 35.0% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yellingbo were English 34.2%, Australian 30.5%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 6.8% and German 3.2%.

In Yellingbo, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 1.2%, Zambia 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Yellingbo, 66.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yellingbo were No Religion 41.2%, Anglican 15.7%, Catholic 11.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Yellingbo 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.0%, German 0.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 292 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yellingbo. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yellingbo, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Yellingbo included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Managers 15.3%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Professionals 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Yellingbo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.0% and Other Construction Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yellingbo was $510.

In Yellingbo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.7%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train, car as driver 1.5%, Truck 1.1% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yellingbo, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Yellingbo, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yellingbo, 56.3% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Yellingbo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,656.

Employment status of couple families

In Yellingbo, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yellingbo, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yellingbo, 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 Yellingbo, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.4% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yellingbo, 41.0% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Yellingbo, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Yellingbo, 19.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Yellingbo, 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yellingbo, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) 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 Yellingbo, 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 Yellingbo, 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.