Yennora

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,404 people in Yennora of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Yennora was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.2% of the population.

Of people in Yennora aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yennora was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Yennora, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yennora was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Yennora 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 22.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yennora were Australian 12.9%, Lebanese 12.6%, Vietnamese 11.3%, English 9.1% and Chinese 6.7%.

In Yennora, 43.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 10.6%, Lebanon 5.7%, Iraq 3.5%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 3.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5%.

In Yennora, 15.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 76.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yennora were Catholic 29.3%, Islam 17.6%, Buddhism 12.5%, Anglican 7.9% and No Religion 6.0%.

In Yennora 29.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 23.1%, Vietnamese 12.5%, Cantonese 5.1%, Spanish 4.5% and Karen 3.7%.

Employment

There were 424 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yennora. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 23.1% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yennora, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yennora was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Yennora included Labourers 17.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Managers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Yennora, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yennora was $338.

In Yennora, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Train 11.9%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 4.4% and Train, bus 3.9%. On the day, 19.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yennora, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.2% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.0% 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 Yennora, 14.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yennora, 47.6% were couple families with children, 28.9% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Yennora 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yennora, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Yennora, of couple families with children, 9.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 7.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yennora, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yennora, 66.6% were separate houses, 19.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yennora, of occupied private dwellings 18.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yennora, 23.2% were owned outright, 22.5% were owned with a mortgage and 49.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Yennora, of all households, 64.2% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Yennora, 48.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Yennora, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yennora, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Yennora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $383.

In Yennora, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $78 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.