Arcadia Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,381 people in Arcadia Vale of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Arcadia Vale was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Arcadia Vale aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arcadia Vale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Arcadia Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arcadia Vale was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Arcadia Vale 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arcadia Vale were English 33.0%, Australian 32.4%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 8.3% and German 2.9%.

In Arcadia Vale, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.7%, Canada 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Arcadia Vale, 76.1% 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 Arcadia Vale were Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 23.1%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Arcadia Vale 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Dutch 0.2%, Finnish 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 683 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arcadia Vale. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arcadia Vale, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arcadia Vale was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Arcadia Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Professionals 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Managers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Labourers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Arcadia Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.1%, Coal Mining 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arcadia Vale was $567.

In Arcadia Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 1.2%, Train 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arcadia Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Arcadia Vale, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arcadia Vale, 38.2% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Arcadia Vale 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arcadia Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,230 and those without children was $2,104.

Employment status of couple families

In Arcadia Vale, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arcadia Vale, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcadia Vale, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Arcadia Vale, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 56.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arcadia Vale, 36.4% were owned outright, 40.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Arcadia Vale, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Arcadia Vale, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Arcadia Vale, 30.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arcadia Vale, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 54.8%) were male and 19 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Arcadia Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Arcadia Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.