Lower Inman Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 382 people in Lower Inman Valley of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Inman Valley was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Lower Inman Valley aged 15 years and over, 66.6% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Inman Valley was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Lower Inman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Inman Valley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Lower Inman Valley 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.2% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Inman Valley were English 35.3%, Australian 32.1%, Irish 8.5%, German 7.3% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Lower Inman Valley, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Germany 2.4%, Netherlands 2.1%, Italy 1.0% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Lower Inman Valley, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Inman Valley were No Religion 37.8%, Anglican 17.7%, Catholic 10.9%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Christian, nfd 4.7%.

In Lower Inman Valley 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.6%, German 1.3% and Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 197 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Inman Valley. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 42.6% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Inman Valley, 16.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Inman Valley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Inman Valley included Managers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Lower Inman Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 6.2%, School Education 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, Hospitals 4.6% and Local Government Administration 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Inman Valley was $548.

In Lower Inman Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Walked only 3.1%, Bicycle 1.5% and Other 1.5%. 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 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Inman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% 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 Lower Inman Valley, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Inman Valley, 48.6% were couple families with children, 43.1% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

In Lower Inman Valley 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Inman Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,711 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Inman Valley, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.8% 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 Lower Inman Valley, 82.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Inman Valley, 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 Lower Inman Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Inman Valley, 40.0% were owned outright, 50.0% were owned with a mortgage and 4.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Inman Valley, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Lower Inman Valley, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Lower Inman Valley, 14.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Inman Valley, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Lower Inman Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Lower 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.