Inman Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 732 people in Inman Valley of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Inman Valley was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Inman Valley aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Inman Valley was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Inman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Inman Valley was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Inman Valley 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.6% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Inman Valley were English 35.1%, Australian 30.4%, Scottish 7.7%, German 6.1% and Irish 5.3%.

In Inman Valley, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, Germany 1.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 1.0% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Inman Valley, 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Inman Valley were No Religion 28.6%, Uniting Church 16.9%, Anglican 13.2%, Catholic 9.1% and Baptist 5.3%.

In Inman Valley 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Uzbek 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 391 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Inman Valley. Of these 49.9% were employed full time, 41.7% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Inman Valley, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Inman Valley was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Inman Valley included Managers 37.6%, Professionals 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Inman Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.6%, Dairy Cattle Farming 13.7%, School Education 5.0%, Accommodation 3.4% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Inman Valley was $505.

In Inman Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.7%, Walked only 4.5%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Truck 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. 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 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Inman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.7% 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 Inman Valley, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Inman Valley, 36.2% were couple families with children, 54.6% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Inman Valley 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Inman Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,312 and those without children was $1,180.

Employment status of couple families

In Inman Valley, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 10.5% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Inman Valley, 69.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inman Valley, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Inman Valley, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Inman Valley, 40.4% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Inman Valley, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Inman Valley, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Inman Valley, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Inman Valley, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Inman Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Inman Valley, 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.