Yorke Peninsula

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 23,998 people in Yorke Peninsula of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Yorke Peninsula was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.9% of the population.

Of people in Yorke Peninsula aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yorke Peninsula was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yorke Peninsula, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yorke Peninsula was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Yorke Peninsula 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yorke Peninsula were English 35.5%, Australian 35.1%, German 6.9%, Scottish 6.3% and Irish 5.6%.

In Yorke Peninsula, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and New Zealand 0.4%.

In Yorke Peninsula, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yorke Peninsula were No Religion 26.7%, Uniting Church 23.7%, Anglican 14.5%, Catholic 12.1% and Lutheran 5.2%.

In Yorke Peninsula 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 9,596 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yorke Peninsula. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yorke Peninsula, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yorke Peninsula was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Yorke Peninsula included Managers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Labourers 14.2%, Professionals 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Yorke Peninsula, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.9%, School Education 5.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Residential Care Services 3.6% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yorke Peninsula was $396.

In Yorke Peninsula, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 1.4% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yorke Peninsula, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.4% 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 Yorke Peninsula, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yorke Peninsula, 30.7% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Yorke Peninsula 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yorke Peninsula, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,629 and those without children was $1,481.

Employment status of couple families

In Yorke Peninsula, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yorke Peninsula, 58.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yorke Peninsula, 93.3% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Yorke Peninsula, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yorke Peninsula, 48.5% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Yorke Peninsula, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Yorke Peninsula, 40.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Yorke Peninsula, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yorke Peninsula, there were 611 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 291 (or 47.6%) were male and 320 (or 52.4%) 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 Yorke Peninsula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $653.

In Yorke Peninsula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,027.