Yarra Junction - Wesburn

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,784 people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn aged 15 years and over, 49.4% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarra Junction - Wesburn was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarra Junction - Wesburn were Australian 32.6%, English 31.5%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.6%.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 1.1%, Germany 1.0% and United States of America 0.4%.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarra Junction - Wesburn were No Religion 35.7%, Catholic 16.4%, Anglican 16.0%, Christian, nfd 4.6% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Vietnamese 0.3%, Dutch 0.3%, Serbian 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,237 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarra Junction - Wesburn. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarra Junction - Wesburn was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Yarra Junction - Wesburn included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.9%, Managers 11.4%, Professionals 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Building Completion Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarra Junction - Wesburn was $468.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 1.0% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 45.4% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,705 and those without children was $1,843.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 92.1% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 32.6% were owned outright, 45.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, of all households, 73.0% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, 29.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Junction - Wesburn, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 37.5%) were male and 10 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Junction - Wesburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $380.