Vermont South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,416 people in Vermont South of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Vermont South was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Vermont South aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 6.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Vermont South was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Vermont South, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Vermont South was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Vermont South 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 25.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Vermont South were English 20.2%, Australian 19.0%, Chinese 13.0%, Irish 6.5% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Vermont South, 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.9%, England 3.3%, Malaysia 3.3%, Greece 2.2% and Italy 2.1%.

In Vermont South, 38.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Vermont South were Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 21.5%, Anglican 10.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.7% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Vermont South 63.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.5%, Cantonese 6.1%, Greek 5.3%, Italian 2.8% and Sinhalese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 5,869 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Vermont South. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Vermont South, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Vermont South was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Vermont South included Professionals 27.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Vermont South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.9% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Vermont South was $564.

In Vermont South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Train 3.5%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train, car as driver 2.6% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 11.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Vermont South, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Vermont South, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Vermont South, 53.7% were couple families with children, 35.0% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Vermont South 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Vermont South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,696 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Vermont South, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Vermont South, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vermont South, 94.0% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Vermont South, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 4.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Vermont South, 54.0% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Vermont South, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Vermont South, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.6% 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 Vermont South, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Vermont South, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 43.8%) were male and 9 (or 56.2%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Vermont South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,916.

In Vermont South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $349 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,300.