Yarriambiack (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,739 people were counted in Yarriambiack (S): of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S) there were 1,729 children aged 0-14 years and 2,461 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 7,409 people were Australian citizens, 309 were born overseas and 19 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 60.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.2% were separated or divorced, 10.2% were widowed and 22.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 92.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yarriambiack (S) were England 1.6%, New Zealand 0.4%, Germany 0.2%, Scotland 0.2% and Netherlands 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Yarriambiack (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Uniting Church 28.0%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 16.3%, Lutheran 11.8% and No Religion 9.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.2%, Italian 0.1%, German 0.1%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,448 people aged 15 years and over in Yarriambiack (S) were in the labour force. Of these 63.0% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.5% were unemployed. 2,385 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 17.4%, Professionals 6.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yarriambiack (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 17.9%, Education 4.3%, Health Services 4.2%, Community Services 2.7% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 2,123 families were counted: of these, 45.9% were couple families without children, 43.8% were couple families with children, 9.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 3,082 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yarriambiack (S), 96.0% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 65.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.4% were being purchased and 11.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 11.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 73.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yarriambiack (S), 68.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.