Ridleyton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 761 people were counted in Ridleyton: of these 44.7% were male and 55.3% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton there were 122 children aged 0-14 years and 180 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 668 people were Australian citizens, 228 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 37.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.2% were separated or divorced, 8.9% were widowed and 37.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 64.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ridleyton were England 4.5%, Greece 3.7%, Viet Nam 2.8%, Italy 2.5% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Ridleyton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 18.9%, Orthodox 13.5%, Anglican 7.4% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 9.1%, Italian 5.1%, Vietnamese 2.8%, Croatian 1.7% and Serbian 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 65.3% of people counted.

Employment

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During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 370 people aged 15 years and over in Ridleyton were in the labour force. Of these 54.1% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 238 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.1%, Professionals 9.0%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ridleyton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.8%, Health Services 4.0%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.4%, Education 3.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 199 families were counted: of these, 33.2% were couple families without children, 37.7% were couple families with children, 25.1% were one parent families and 4.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 379 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ridleyton, 44.9% were separate houses, 42.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 22.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.2% were being purchased and 50.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 15.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 50.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ridleyton, 51.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 40.4% were single (or lone) person households and 5.3% were group households.