Violet Town (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 686 people in Violet Town (L) of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Violet Town (L) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.1% of the population.

Of people in Violet Town (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.2% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Violet Town (L) was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Violet Town (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Violet Town (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Violet Town (L) 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Violet Town (L) were English 32.4%, Australian 30.3%, Scottish 12.1%, Irish 9.3% and German 2.4%.

In Violet Town (L), 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, India 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Violet Town (L), 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Violet Town (L) were No Religion 27.4%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 13.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Violet Town (L) 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 0.9%, Timorese 0.7%, German 0.6%, Dutch 0.6% and Malayalam 0.6%.

Employment

There were 260 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Violet Town (L). Of these 43.5% were employed full time, 43.5% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Violet Town (L), 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Violet Town (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Violet Town (L) included Professionals 16.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 12.7%, Labourers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Violet Town (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 9.0%, Local Government Administration 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, School Education 4.9% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Violet Town (L) was $400.

In Violet Town (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Walked only 5.3%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 1.2%. 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 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Violet Town (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Violet Town (L), 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Violet Town (L), 31.0% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In Violet Town (L) 9.7% of single parents were male and 90.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Violet Town (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,104.

Employment status of couple families

In Violet Town (L), of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Violet Town (L), 84.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Violet Town (L), 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Violet Town (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 63.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Violet Town (L), 52.8% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Violet Town (L), of all households, 63.0% were family households, 32.8% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Violet Town (L), 35.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% 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 Violet Town (L), 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Violet Town (L), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Violet Town (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Violet Town (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.