Whites Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Whites Valley of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Whites Valley was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Whites Valley aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Whites Valley was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Whites Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Whites Valley was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Whites Valley 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 35.9% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Whites Valley were English 42.9%, Australian 28.8%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.4% and German 3.5%.

In Whites Valley, 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 9.2%, Canada 1.8%, Cyprus 1.5% and Indonesia 1.5%.

In Whites Valley, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Whites Valley were No Religion 38.6%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 11.4%, Catholic 8.1% and Lutheran 4.8%.

In Whites Valley 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Greek 1.5%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Whites Valley. Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 43.2% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Whites Valley, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Whites Valley was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Whites Valley included Managers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Professionals 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Labourers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Whites Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 15.8%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Telecommunications Services 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Whites Valley was $527.

In Whites Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 3.0%, Car as driver, bicycle 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. 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 65.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Whites Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Whites Valley, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Whites Valley, 36.2% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Whites Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,437 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Whites Valley, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 28.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Whites Valley, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whites 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 Whites Valley, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Whites Valley, 36.4% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Whites Valley, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Whites Valley, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Whites Valley, 17.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Whites Valley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Whites 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 $350.

In Whites Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.