Vale View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 700 people in Vale View of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Vale View was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Vale View aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vale View was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Vale View, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vale View was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Vale View 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.0% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vale View were Australian 33.9%, English 27.7%, Irish 11.3%, German 8.7% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Vale View, 91.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, Papua New Guinea 0.6%, Northern Ireland 0.4% and South Sudan 0.4%.

In Vale View, 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vale View were Catholic 31.5%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 12.8%, Lutheran 9.7% and Christian, nfd 5.3%.

In Vale View 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.4% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.4%.

Employment

There were 349 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vale View. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vale View, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vale View was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Vale View included Professionals 20.1%, Managers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5% and Labourers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Vale View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.6%, School Education 5.6%, Real Estate Services 3.3% and Road Freight Transport 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Vale View was $668.

In Vale View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Walked only 3.3%, Truck 1.8% and Car as driver, truck 0.9%. 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 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vale View, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Vale View, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vale View, 58.0% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Vale View 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vale View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,208 and those without children was $1,694.

Employment status of couple families

In Vale View, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 33.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vale View, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale View, 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 Vale View, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale View, 39.1% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Vale View, of all households, 84.3% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Vale View, 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Vale View, 16.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vale View, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 80.0%) were male and 3 (or 20.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Vale View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Vale View, 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.