Valentine Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 342 people in Valentine Plains of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Valentine Plains was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Valentine Plains aged 15 years and over, 63.0% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Valentine Plains was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Valentine Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% 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 Valentine Plains was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Valentine Plains 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.8% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Valentine Plains were Australian 38.2%, English 27.0%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 7.5% and German 5.9%.

In Valentine Plains, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, Philippines 2.4%, England 1.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2% and Zimbabwe 1.2%.

In Valentine Plains, 82.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Valentine Plains were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 20.3%, No Religion 17.9%, Lutheran 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6%.

In Valentine Plains 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 2.3%.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Valentine Plains. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 25.1% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Valentine Plains, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Valentine Plains was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Valentine Plains included Managers 24.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Professionals 9.7%, Labourers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Valentine Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.7%, Coal Mining 9.1%, Electricity Generation 4.3%, School Education 4.3% and Accommodation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Valentine Plains was $647.

In Valentine Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Walked only 5.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.5% and Bicycle 2.0%. 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 59.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Valentine Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Valentine Plains, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Valentine Plains, 48.1% were couple families with children, 45.2% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Valentine Plains 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Valentine Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Valentine Plains, of couple families with children, 29.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 30.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Valentine Plains, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Valentine Plains, 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 Valentine Plains, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Valentine Plains, 45.7% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Valentine Plains, of all households, 89.7% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Valentine Plains, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.3% 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 Valentine Plains, 10.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Valentine Plains, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Valentine Plains, 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 $3,250.

In Valentine Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,450.