Yelarbon (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 213 people in Yelarbon (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Yelarbon (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.7% of the population.

Of people in Yelarbon (L) aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yelarbon (L) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Yelarbon (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yelarbon (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Yelarbon (L) 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yelarbon (L) were Australian 37.7%, English 33.1%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.8% and German 6.0%.

In Yelarbon (L), 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Yelarbon (L), 93.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yelarbon (L) were Anglican 40.1%, No Religion 19.8%, Catholic 15.1%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Yelarbon (L) 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 66 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yelarbon (L). Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yelarbon (L), 19.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yelarbon (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Yelarbon (L) were Machinery Operators And Drivers 27.6%, Labourers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Managers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Yelarbon (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 13.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.3%, Accommodation 8.6%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.2% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yelarbon (L) was $306.

In Yelarbon (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Walked only 8.8%, Bus 5.3%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Truck 5.3%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yelarbon (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.0% 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 Yelarbon (L), 17.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yelarbon (L), 30.4% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Yelarbon (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yelarbon (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,133.

Employment status of couple families

In Yelarbon (L), of couple families with children, 6.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 6.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yelarbon (L), 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yelarbon (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yelarbon (L), of occupied private dwellings 12.2% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yelarbon (L), 42.0% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Yelarbon (L), of all households, 68.3% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Yelarbon (L), 50.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Yelarbon (L), 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yelarbon (L), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 68.8%) were male and 5 (or 31.2%) 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 Yelarbon (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Yelarbon (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.