Yatala Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 326 people in Yatala Vale of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Yatala Vale was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Yatala Vale aged 15 years and over, 68.7% were married and 4.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yatala Vale was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Yatala Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Yatala Vale 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.9% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yatala Vale were English 37.6%, Australian 29.3%, Scottish 8.2%, German 5.4% and Italian 5.4%.

In Yatala Vale, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, Scotland 1.5%, Greece 1.2%, Italy 1.2% and Croatia 0.9%.

In Yatala Vale, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yatala Vale were No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 19.1%, Anglican 18.8%, Uniting Church 13.1% and Christian, nfd 8.5%.

In Yatala Vale 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.5% and Greek 0.9%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yatala Vale. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 37.9% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yatala Vale, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yatala Vale was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Yatala Vale included Professionals 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Managers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8% and Labourers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Yatala Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 8.7%, Building Completion Services 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.7% and School Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yatala Vale was $642.

In Yatala Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Truck 3.8%, Bus, car as driver 3.8%, Bus 3.1% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yatala Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.1% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Yatala Vale, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yatala Vale, 46.2% were couple families with children, 46.2% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Yatala Vale 55.6% of single parents were male and 44.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yatala Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,908 and those without children was $3,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Yatala Vale, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yatala Vale, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yatala Vale, 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 Yatala Vale, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yatala Vale, 46.5% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Yatala Vale, of all households, 90.3% were family households, 7.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Yatala Vale, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Yatala Vale, 11.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yatala Vale, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Yatala Vale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Yatala Vale, 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.