Valley View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,986 people in Valley View of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Valley View was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Valley View aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Valley View was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Valley View, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Valley View was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Valley View 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Valley View were English 25.9%, Australian 24.9%, German 6.5%, Scottish 5.7% and Irish 5.4%.

In Valley View, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, India 1.8%, Germany 1.6%, Italy 1.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%.

In Valley View, 49.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Valley View were No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 10.1%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Lutheran 4.3%.

In Valley View 78.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Greek 1.6%, Arabic 1.5%, German 0.9% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,897 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Valley View. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Valley View, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Valley View was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Valley View included Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Managers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Valley View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.7%, School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.4% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Valley View was $516.

In Valley View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Bus 7.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus, car as driver 1.0% and Truck 0.9%. 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 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Valley View, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% 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, 15.6% 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 Valley View, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Valley View, 37.8% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Valley View 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Valley View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,878 and those without children was $1,917.

Employment status of couple families

In Valley View, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Valley View, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Valley View, 95.5% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Valley View, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 72.0% 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 Valley View, 40.0% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Valley View, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Valley View, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Valley View, 36.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Valley View, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 53.6%) were male and 39 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Valley View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $755.

In Valley View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.