Vale Of Clwydd

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 523 people in Vale Of Clwydd of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Vale Of Clwydd was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Vale Of Clwydd aged 15 years and over, 31.0% were married and 22.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vale Of Clwydd was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Vale Of Clwydd, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vale Of Clwydd was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Vale Of Clwydd 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vale Of Clwydd were Australian 34.7%, English 31.5%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 6.4% and American 1.9%.

In Vale Of Clwydd, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.5%, Denmark 1.0%, United States of America 1.0% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%.

In Vale Of Clwydd, 74.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vale Of Clwydd were Catholic 25.4%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7%.

In Vale Of Clwydd 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Serbian 0.8%, Thai 0.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, Croatian 0.6% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 222 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vale Of Clwydd. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 12.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vale Of Clwydd, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vale Of Clwydd was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Vale Of Clwydd included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Professionals 10.1% and Managers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Vale Of Clwydd, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.1%, Accommodation 5.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.1%, Residential Care Services 4.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Vale Of Clwydd was $413.

In Vale Of Clwydd, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 3.0%, Train 1.5% and Bus 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vale Of Clwydd, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Vale Of Clwydd, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vale Of Clwydd, 37.3% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 27.8% were one parent families.

In Vale Of Clwydd 8.6% of single parents were male and 91.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vale Of Clwydd, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Vale Of Clwydd, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vale Of Clwydd, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale Of Clwydd, 83.6% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Vale Of Clwydd, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vale Of Clwydd, 31.7% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Vale Of Clwydd, of all households, 51.2% were family households, 43.0% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Vale Of Clwydd, 48.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Vale Of Clwydd, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vale Of Clwydd, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Vale Of Clwydd, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Vale Of Clwydd, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $132 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.