Yarraville Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Yarraville (3013) is a suburb of Melbourne, West, Victoria. It is about 7 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Yarraville is in the federal electorate of Gellibrand.

In the 2011 census the population of Yarraville was 13,747 and is comprised of approximately 51.3% females and 48.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yarraville is 36 years of age.

68.3% of people living in the suburb of Yarraville were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.4% England, 2.8% Greece, 2.4% Vietnam, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.9% Italy, 1.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% India, 1.0% China , 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Poland.

71.2% of people living in Yarraville speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.5% Greek, 4.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.1% Vietnamese, 2.8% Italian, 2.1% Other, 1.9% Macedonian, 1.3% Cantonese, 1.0% Mandarin, 0.9% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Yarraville is 34.0% No religion, 24.9% Catholic, 9.6% Eastern Orthodox, 8.3% Anglican, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Buddhism, 2.4% Uniting Church, 1.7% Islam, 1.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

42.8% of people are married, 42.0% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 594 widowed people living in Yarraville.

65.3% of the people living in Yarraville over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.2% are working on a part time basis. Yarraville has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Yarraville are 32.1% Professionals, 15.8% Managers, 14.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.2% Technicians & trades workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.7% Sales workers, 5.4% Labourers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yarraville work in are 10.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Education and training, 8.0% Manufacturing, 8.0% Retail trade, 7.5% Public administration and safety, 6.5% Financial and insurance services, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.7% Construction.

29.4% of homes are fully owned, and 36.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $767 per week and the median household income is $1583 per week.

The median rent in Yarraville is $321 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2200 per month.

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