Yarraman (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 897 people were counted in Yarraman (L): of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L) there were 205 children aged 0-14 years and 267 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 837 people were Australian citizens, 98 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 59.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 20.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 83.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yarraman (L) were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and Romania 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Yarraman (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 16.7%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Lutheran 7.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.6%, Romanian 0.4%, Other Southern European Languages, nec (incl. Friulian, Ladin, Romansch) 0.3%, Japanese 0.3% and Fijian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 310 people aged 15 years and over in Yarraman (L) were in the labour force. Of these 57.7% worked full-time, 31.9% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 353 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Associate Professionals 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3%, Professionals 3.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yarraman (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Electricity and Gas Supply 3.6%, General Construction 3.2%, Education 3.2%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Forestry and Logging 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 236 families were counted: of these, 44.5% were couple families without children, 39.8% were couple families with children, 13.1% were one parent families and 2.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 378 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yarraman (L), 82.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 13.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 47.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.2% were being purchased and 28.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yarraman (L), 61.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.