Yelta (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Yelta (Vic.) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Yelta (Vic.) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Yelta (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 62.6% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yelta (Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yelta (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yelta (Vic.) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Yelta (Vic.) 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.5% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 15.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yelta (Vic.) were English 33.2%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.4% and Italian 4.9%.

In Yelta (Vic.), 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.6%, Greece 1.8%, Denmark 1.4% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.1%.

In Yelta (Vic.), 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yelta (Vic.) were No Religion 37.2%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 15.2%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Yelta (Vic.) 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 1.8%, Mandarin 1.4% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 1.1%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yelta (Vic.). Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yelta (Vic.), 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yelta (Vic.) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Yelta (Vic.) included Managers 25.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3% and Labourers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Yelta (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.5%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.8%, School Education 3.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.3% and Metal Ore Mining 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yelta (Vic.) was $378.

In Yelta (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.4%, Walked only 6.0%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Truck 2.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yelta (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 19.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Yelta (Vic.), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yelta (Vic.), 38.3% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Yelta (Vic.) 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yelta (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,785 and those without children was $1,299.

Employment status of couple families

In Yelta (Vic.), of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yelta (Vic.), 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yelta (Vic.), 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 Yelta (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yelta (Vic.), 42.7% were owned outright, 43.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Yelta (Vic.), of all households, 82.3% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yelta (Vic.), 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Yelta (Vic.), 17.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yelta (Vic.), 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 26 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 Yelta (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Yelta (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.