Veresdale Scrub

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 620 people in Veresdale Scrub of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Veresdale Scrub was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Veresdale Scrub aged 15 years and over, 62.2% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Veresdale Scrub was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Veresdale Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Veresdale Scrub was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Veresdale Scrub 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.8% were in primary school, 33.0% in secondary school and 7.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Veresdale Scrub were English 35.3%, Australian 30.9%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.6% and German 4.8%.

In Veresdale Scrub, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 3.4%, Cyprus 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Kenya 0.5%.

In Veresdale Scrub, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Veresdale Scrub were Anglican 27.4%, Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Veresdale Scrub 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Serbian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 321 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Veresdale Scrub. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Veresdale Scrub, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Veresdale Scrub was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Veresdale Scrub included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Managers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Labourers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Veresdale Scrub, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.3%, Local Government Administration 3.3% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Veresdale Scrub was $606.

In Veresdale Scrub, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Truck 2.6%, Walked only 2.0% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Veresdale Scrub, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.6% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Veresdale Scrub, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Veresdale Scrub, 60.7% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Veresdale Scrub 31.2% of single parents were male and 68.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Veresdale Scrub, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,365 and those without children was $2,143.

Employment status of couple families

In Veresdale Scrub, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Veresdale Scrub, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Veresdale Scrub, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Veresdale Scrub, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 32.1% 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 Veresdale Scrub, 24.7% were owned outright, 59.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Veresdale Scrub, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Veresdale Scrub, 13.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Veresdale Scrub, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Veresdale Scrub, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Veresdale Scrub, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $5,000.

In Veresdale Scrub, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,658.