Yarra Glen

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,028 people in Yarra Glen of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarra Glen was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Yarra Glen aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarra Glen was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Yarra Glen, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarra Glen was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Yarra Glen 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarra Glen were English 33.9%, Australian 30.9%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.5% and Dutch 3.3%.

In Yarra Glen, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Scotland 1.3%, Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Yarra Glen, 68.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarra Glen were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 22.1%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Yarra Glen 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Dutch 0.4%, Greek 0.2%, Norwegian 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,051 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarra Glen. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarra Glen, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarra Glen was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Yarra Glen included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.4%, Managers 13.0%, Sales Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Yarra Glen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, School Education 3.8%, Building Completion Services 2.9% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarra Glen was $600.

In Yarra Glen, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Walked only 3.0%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Truck 2.1% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarra Glen, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Yarra Glen, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarra Glen, 50.0% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Yarra Glen 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarra Glen, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,935 and those without children was $1,908.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarra Glen, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarra Glen, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarra Glen, 93.6% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Yarra Glen, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarra Glen, 31.8% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarra Glen, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Yarra Glen, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.6% 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 Yarra Glen, 29.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarra Glen, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Yarra Glen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Yarra Glen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.