Yarralin (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 266 people in Yarralin (L) of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 92.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Yarralin (L) was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 33.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Yarralin (L) aged 15 years and over, 56.2% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yarralin (L) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Yarralin (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yarralin (L) was 30 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Yarralin (L) 40.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 11.0% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yarralin (L) were Australian Aboriginal 83.4%, Australian 7.6%, Torres Strait Islander 3.6%, Chinese 1.4% and English 1.1%.

In Yarralin (L), 98.9% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Yarralin (L), 96.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yarralin (L) were No Religion 80.3%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 9.5%, Pentecostal 4.5%, Christian, nfd 1.5% and Catholic 1.1%.

In Yarralin (L) 18.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarinyman 61.3%, Gurindji 7.9%, Mudburra 4.9%, Tiwi 1.1% and Jawoyn 1.1%.

Employment

There were 77 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yarralin (L). Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yarralin (L), 29.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yarralin (L) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 26 years.

The most common occupations in Yarralin (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 26.9%, Labourers 25.6%, Professionals 10.3%, Managers 7.7%, Sales Workers 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Yarralin (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 54.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.5%, School Education 6.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.9% and State Government Administration 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yarralin (L) was $314.

In Yarralin (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 70.5%, Car, as driver 11.5% and Car, as passenger 3.8%. 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 18.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yarralin (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 56.0% provided care for children and 15.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 53.7% 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 Yarralin (L), 14.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 1.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yarralin (L), 56.4% were couple families with children, 16.4% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Yarralin (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Yarralin (L), of couple families with children, 7.9% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yarralin (L), 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarralin (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 Yarralin (L), of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 4.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yarralin (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Yarralin (L), of all households, 88.4% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yarralin (L), 7.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Yarralin (L), 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yarralin (L), there were 243 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 115 (or 47.3%) were male and 128 (or 52.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Yarralin (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,519.

In Yarralin (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $28 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.