Yarloop (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 482 people in Yarloop (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarloop (L) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Yarloop (L) aged 15 years and over, 34.6% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarloop (L) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Yarloop (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 35.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarloop (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Yarloop (L) 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 11.7% in secondary school and 4.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarloop (L) were English 31.1%, Australian 27.4%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 5.6% and German 2.1%.

In Yarloop (L), 68.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, England 4.0%, Scotland 1.2%, Denmark 1.0% and Northern Ireland 0.8%.

In Yarloop (L), 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarloop (L) were No Religion 33.3%, Anglican 19.1%, Catholic 13.5%, Baptist 3.3% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Yarloop (L) 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.1%, Danish 1.5%, Dutch 0.8%, Tagalog 0.6% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarloop (L). Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarloop (L), 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarloop (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Yarloop (L) included Labourers 26.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.4%, Managers 3.4% and Professionals 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Yarloop (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 11.5%, Road Freight Transport 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.7% and Residential Care Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarloop (L) was $350.

In Yarloop (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.6%, Car, as passenger 10.3%, Bus 3.4%, Other 2.7% and Truck 2.1%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarloop (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Yarloop (L), 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarloop (L), 31.6% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 31.6% were one parent families.

In Yarloop (L) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarloop (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarloop (L), of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 6.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarloop (L), 74.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarloop (L), 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Yarloop (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarloop (L), 24.4% were owned outright, 20.9% were owned with a mortgage and 51.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarloop (L), of all households, 63.2% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Yarloop (L), 42.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Yarloop (L), 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarloop (L), there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 11 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Yarloop (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Yarloop (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,395.