Vale Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,158 people in Vale Park of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Vale Park was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.5% of the population.

Of people in Vale Park aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vale Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Vale Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vale Park was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Vale Park 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 27.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vale Park were English 25.0%, Australian 24.5%, Italian 8.1%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 5.5%.

In Vale Park, 68.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, Italy 2.8%, India 2.3% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Vale Park, 49.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vale Park were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 13.8%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Eastern Orthodox 4.7%.

In Vale Park 73.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.2%, Mandarin 3.2%, Greek 2.8%, Cantonese 1.5% and Vietnamese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 1,052 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vale Park. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vale Park, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vale Park was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Vale Park included Professionals 33.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Vale Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Hospitals 7.0%, Tertiary Education 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and State Government Administration 3.2%.

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

In Vale Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Bus 7.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bicycle 2.5% and Walked only 2.0%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vale Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Vale Park, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vale Park, 40.3% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Vale Park 25.6% of single parents were male and 74.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vale Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,777 and those without children was $2,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Vale Park, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vale Park, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale Park, 92.5% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Vale Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale Park, 49.1% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Vale Park, of all households, 71.4% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Vale Park, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Vale Park, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vale Park, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Vale Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Vale Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.