Venn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 482 people in Venn of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Venn was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Venn aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Venn was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Venn, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Venn was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Venn 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.1% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Venn were Australian 37.1%, English 25.5%, Scottish 6.1%, Irish 5.8% and German 5.0%.

In Venn, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Germany 1.5%, France 1.2%, Philippines 1.2% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Venn, 75.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Venn were No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 20.8%, Anglican 13.9%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 2.1%.

In Venn 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Estonian 0.6%, French 0.6%, Tagalog 0.6% and Filipino 0.6%.

Employment

There were 256 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Venn. Of these 75.8% were employed full time, 18.4% were employed part-time and 1.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Venn, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Venn was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Venn included Managers 26.0%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Venn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.8%, School Education 7.2%, State Government Administration 6.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.0% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Venn was $814.

In Venn, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Truck 2.8% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Venn, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Venn, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Venn, 50.4% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Venn 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Venn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,536 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Venn, of couple families with children, 40.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Venn, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Venn, 87.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.6% were other dwellings.

In Venn, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.9% had 2 bedrooms and 31.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Venn, 36.2% were owned outright, 41.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Venn, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Venn, 6.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.0% 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 Venn, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Venn, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 45.8%) were male and 26 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Venn, 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 $1,750.

In Venn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $169 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,300.