Yulara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 887 people in Yulara of these 56.4% were male and 43.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Yulara was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.5% of the population.

Of people in Yulara aged 15 years and over, 24.3% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yulara was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yulara, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yulara was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Yulara 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.6% were in primary school, 4.1% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yulara were English 24.1%, Australian 20.9%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.7% and German 3.6%.

In Yulara, 55.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 3.6%, England 2.6%, Japan 2.3% and Philippines 2.0%.

In Yulara, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yulara were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 11.2%, Buddhism 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

In Yulara 65.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 2.8%, Japanese 2.3%, Italian 1.4%, Filipino 1.2% and Punjabi 1.0%.

Employment

There were 585 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yulara. Of these 86.0% were employed full time, 8.5% were employed part-time and 0.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yulara, 2.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 77.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yulara was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Yulara included Community and Personal Service Workers 25.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Labourers 14.0%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Yulara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 41.4%, Road Passenger Transport 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Air and Space Transport 5.5% and Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yulara was $751.

In Yulara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.4%, Walked only 31.2%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Bicycle 7.2% and Motorbike/scooter 3.8%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yulara, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.9% provided care for children and 4.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Yulara, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yulara, 37.9% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Yulara 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yulara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,478 and those without children was $1,671.

Employment status of couple families

In Yulara, of couple families with children, 43.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yulara, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yulara, 14.6% were separate houses, 68.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 12.8% were other dwellings.

In Yulara, of occupied private dwellings 60.5% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 12.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.5. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yulara, 2.1% were owned outright, 1.8% were owned with a mortgage and 90.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Yulara, of all households, 44.1% were family households, 49.5% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Yulara, 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Yulara, 48.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yulara, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 58.3%) were male and 10 (or 41.7%) 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 Yulara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Yulara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.