The Vines

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,138 people in The Vines of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in The Vines was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.2% of the population.

Of people in The Vines aged 15 years and over, 64.9% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Vines was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In The Vines, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Vines was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In The Vines 31.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Vines were English 34.4%, Australian 24.8%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 5.3% and Italian 3.7%.

In The Vines, 59.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 17.7%, South Africa 3.9%, Scotland 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6% and Zimbabwe 0.9%.

In The Vines, 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Vines were Anglican 28.5%, Catholic 23.5%, No Religion 23.1%, Christian, nfd 3.7% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In The Vines 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 2.0%, Italian 0.7%, French 0.5%, Japanese 0.5% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,737 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Vines. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Vines, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Vines was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in The Vines included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 18.1%, Managers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in The Vines, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, Metal Ore Mining 2.8% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Vines was $852.

In The Vines, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Train, car as driver 2.0%, Bus 1.3% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Vines, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.2% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 The Vines, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Vines, 55.0% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In The Vines 25.4% of single parents were male and 74.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Vines, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,947 and those without children was $2,479.

Employment status of couple families

In The Vines, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Vines, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Vines, 94.4% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Vines, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 22.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Vines, 27.5% were owned outright, 57.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In The Vines, of all households, 86.8% were family households, 12.1% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In The Vines, 10.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.0% 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 The Vines, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Vines, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 48.6%) were male and 18 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 17 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 The Vines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In The Vines, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.