Yarraman (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 909 people in Yarraman (L) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarraman (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.3% of the population.

Of people in Yarraman (L) aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarraman (L) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Yarraman (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarraman (L) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Yarraman (L) 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarraman (L) were English 33.1%, Australian 30.5%, German 8.5%, Scottish 7.3% and Irish 6.5%.

In Yarraman (L), 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 1.0%, France 0.8% and Indonesia 0.7%.

In Yarraman (L), 78.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarraman (L) were No Religion 25.7%, Anglican 20.1%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Lutheran 5.3%.

In Yarraman (L) 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 258 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarraman (L). Of these 49.6% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarraman (L), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarraman (L) was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Yarraman (L) included Labourers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Professionals 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Managers 9.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Yarraman (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.4%, Accommodation 5.3%, Forestry and Logging 4.4% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarraman (L) was $350.

In Yarraman (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.6%, Walked only 15.1%, Car, as passenger 9.8%, Truck 5.8% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarraman (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.7% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Yarraman (L), 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarraman (L), 28.2% were couple families with children, 52.7% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Yarraman (L) 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yarraman (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarraman (L), of couple families with children, 7.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 10.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarraman (L), 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarraman (L), 88.2% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Yarraman (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarraman (L), 44.9% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 33.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarraman (L), of all households, 63.4% were family households, 32.4% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Yarraman (L), 49.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Yarraman (L), 51.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarraman (L), there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 44.8%) were male and 32 (or 55.2%) 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 Yarraman (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Yarraman (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.