Yandina Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 786 people in Yandina Creek of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Yandina Creek was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.3% of the population.

Of people in Yandina Creek aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Yandina Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yandina Creek was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Yandina Creek 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.4% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yandina Creek were Australian 29.8%, English 29.4%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 7.8% and German 5.8%.

In Yandina Creek, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 4.0%, Germany 0.6%, Argentina 0.4% and Brazil 0.4%.

In Yandina Creek, 67.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yandina Creek were No Religion 25.6%, Anglican 19.9%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Yandina Creek 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4%, Portuguese 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 400 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yandina Creek. Of these 48.2% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yandina Creek, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Yandina Creek included Professionals 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Managers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Labourers 12.1%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Yandina Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0% and Residential Building Construction 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yandina Creek was $545.

In Yandina Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Truck 3.8%, Walked only 3.2% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. 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 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yandina Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.1% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Yandina Creek, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yandina Creek, 51.3% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Yandina Creek 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yandina Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,033 and those without children was $1,711.

Employment status of couple families

In Yandina Creek, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yandina Creek, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yandina Creek, 98.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Yandina Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 37.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yandina Creek, 29.5% were owned outright, 58.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Yandina Creek, of all households, 88.5% were family households, 7.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Yandina Creek, 15.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% 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 Yandina Creek, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yandina Creek, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Yandina Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Yandina Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.