Grass Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 197 people in Grass Valley of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Grass Valley was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Grass Valley aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grass Valley was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Grass Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grass Valley was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Grass Valley 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grass Valley were English 37.6%, Australian 31.2%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 7.8% and Italian 4.3%.

In Grass Valley, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.1%, Germany 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Ukraine 1.5%.

In Grass Valley, 64.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grass Valley were No Religion 29.3%, Anglican 25.3%, Catholic 25.3%, Jehovah's Witnesses 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Grass Valley 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grass Valley. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grass Valley, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grass Valley was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Grass Valley included Managers 28.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Professionals 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Labourers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Grass Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.1%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 6.7%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.7%, School Education 6.7% and Textile Product Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grass Valley was $479.

In Grass Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 7.8%, Truck 3.9% and Other 2.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grass Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Grass Valley, 34.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grass Valley, 35.2% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Grass Valley 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grass Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Grass Valley, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 40.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grass Valley, 82.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grass Valley, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Grass Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grass Valley, 42.5% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Grass Valley, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Grass Valley, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Grass Valley, 22.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grass Valley, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Grass Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Grass Valley, 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.