North Yunderup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 849 people in North Yunderup of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in North Yunderup was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.2% of the population.

Of people in North Yunderup aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Yunderup was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In North Yunderup, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Yunderup was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In North Yunderup 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Yunderup were English 35.5%, Australian 31.5%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 5.2% and New Zealander 2.0%.

In North Yunderup, 75.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.4%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 2.0%, Netherlands 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In North Yunderup, 61.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Yunderup were No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 26.2%, Catholic 16.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In North Yunderup 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4% and Cantonese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 357 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Yunderup. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Yunderup, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Yunderup was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in North Yunderup included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.2%, Labourers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Managers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Professionals 6.8%.

Of the employed people in North Yunderup, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.7%, Metal Ore Mining 6.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Yunderup was $487.

In North Yunderup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 3.0%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Yunderup, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 North Yunderup, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Yunderup, 38.8% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In North Yunderup 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Yunderup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,535 and those without children was $2,150.

Employment status of couple families

In North Yunderup, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Yunderup, 69.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Yunderup, 94.9% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Yunderup, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Yunderup, 39.0% were owned outright, 39.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In North Yunderup, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 22.6% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In North Yunderup, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 North Yunderup, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Yunderup, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 North Yunderup, 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 North Yunderup, 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.