Yorkeys Knob

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,766 people in Yorkeys Knob of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Yorkeys Knob was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Yorkeys Knob aged 15 years and over, 32.8% were married and 20.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yorkeys Knob was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Yorkeys Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yorkeys Knob was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Yorkeys Knob 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 17.7% in secondary school and 24.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yorkeys Knob were Australian 27.0%, English 26.8%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 8.6% and German 4.2%.

In Yorkeys Knob, 71.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 4.0%, Papua New Guinea 1.2%, Germany 1.2% and Canada 0.7%.

In Yorkeys Knob, 55.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yorkeys Knob were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 17.4%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Yorkeys Knob 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Japanese 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,549 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yorkeys Knob. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yorkeys Knob, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yorkeys Knob was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Yorkeys Knob included Professionals 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Labourers 10.2%, Managers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Yorkeys Knob, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Accommodation 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yorkeys Knob was $620.

In Yorkeys Knob, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 3.0%, Bus 2.1% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yorkeys Knob, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Yorkeys Knob, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yorkeys Knob, 28.7% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 21.7% were one parent families.

In Yorkeys Knob 23.4% of single parents were male and 76.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yorkeys Knob, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,087 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Yorkeys Knob, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yorkeys Knob, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yorkeys Knob, 41.3% were separate houses, 16.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 40.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Yorkeys Knob, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 49.7% had 2 bedrooms and 29.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yorkeys Knob, 19.3% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 52.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Yorkeys Knob, of all households, 56.5% were family households, 37.6% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Yorkeys Knob, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Yorkeys Knob, 46.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yorkeys Knob, there were 190 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 46.8%) were male and 101 (or 53.2%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Yorkeys Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,050.

In Yorkeys Knob, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,300.