Yalboroo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 376 people in Yalboroo of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Yalboroo was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Yalboroo aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yalboroo was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Yalboroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yalboroo was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Yalboroo 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yalboroo were Australian 36.0%, English 29.3%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.5% and German 5.1%.

In Yalboroo, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, England 1.9%, Germany 0.8%, Ireland 0.8% and Malta 0.8%.

In Yalboroo, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yalboroo were Catholic 32.1%, Anglican 15.9%, No Religion 14.6%, Uniting Church 13.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Yalboroo 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8% and Maltese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yalboroo. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yalboroo, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yalboroo was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Yalboroo included Managers 28.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 9.9%, Professionals 6.2%, Sales Workers 5.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Yalboroo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 21.9%, School Education 11.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, Coal Mining 6.2% and Road Freight Transport 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yalboroo was $529.

In Yalboroo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.2%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 2.5%, Other 2.5% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yalboroo, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.4% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Yalboroo, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yalboroo, 51.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Yalboroo 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yalboroo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Yalboroo, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yalboroo, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yalboroo, 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 Yalboroo, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yalboroo, 44.3% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Yalboroo, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yalboroo, 15.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Yalboroo, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yalboroo, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Yalboroo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,233.

In Yalboroo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.