Yuroke

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 380 people in Yuroke of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Yuroke was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Yuroke aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yuroke was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Yuroke, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yuroke was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Yuroke 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yuroke were English 20.0%, Australian 19.6%, Italian 13.2%, Irish 8.4% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Yuroke, 70.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Sri Lanka 4.5%, Italy 4.2%, New Zealand 2.6%, England 1.8% and India 1.8%.

In Yuroke, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yuroke were Catholic 38.6%, No Religion 14.6%, Anglican 11.1%, Islam 10.1% and Buddhism 9.8%.

In Yuroke 73.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.1%, Turkish 4.0%, Sinhalese 4.0%, Albanian 1.6% and Greek 1.1%.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yuroke. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yuroke, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yuroke was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Yuroke included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.3%, Professionals 16.2%, Managers 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Labourers 9.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Yuroke, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.1%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.7%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 4.7%, School Education 4.7% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yuroke was $511.

In Yuroke, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 2.1%, Truck 2.1% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 11.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yuroke, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Yuroke, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yuroke, 56.7% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Yuroke, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Yuroke, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yuroke, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yuroke, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yuroke, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yuroke, 35.5% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Yuroke, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 12.4% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Yuroke, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% 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 Yuroke, 17.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yuroke, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Yuroke, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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