Vale Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,023 people were counted in Vale Park: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park there were 301 children aged 0-14 years and 694 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 1,899 people were Australian citizens, 470 were born overseas and 27 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 59.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.9% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 26.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 74.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Vale Park were England 5.0%, Italy 3.7%, Greece 1.4%, Scotland 1.3% and New Zealand 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Vale Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.2%, Anglican 17.1%, No Religion 15.4%, Uniting Church 13.3% and Orthodox 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 5.8%, Greek 3.7%, Persian 0.8%, Mandarin 0.8% and Russian 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 934 people aged 15 years and over in Vale Park were in the labour force. Of these 57.2% worked full-time, 34.9% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 763 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Vale Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 6.6%, Education 6.1%, Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6% and Government Administration 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 616 families were counted: of these, 46.8% were couple families without children, 39.3% were couple families with children, 12.0% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 852 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Vale Park, 88.8% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 61.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.9% were being purchased and 13.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 23.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 68.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Vale Park, 71.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.