Acacia Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,951 people in Acacia Ridge of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Acacia Ridge was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Acacia Ridge aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Acacia Ridge was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Acacia Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Acacia Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Acacia Ridge 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Acacia Ridge were Australian 23.2%, English 22.4%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 5.5% and German 3.6%.

In Acacia Ridge, 61.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.9%, India 2.0%, Philippines 1.5% and Vietnam 1.2%.

In Acacia Ridge, 46.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Acacia Ridge were Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 18.6%, Anglican 12.9%, Islam 5.5% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Acacia Ridge 67.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.0%, Vietnamese 2.0%, Spanish 1.5%, Bosnian 1.3% and Samoan 1.2%.

Employment

There were 2,921 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Acacia Ridge. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Acacia Ridge, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Acacia Ridge was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Acacia Ridge included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Labourers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.9%, Professionals 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Managers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Acacia Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, School Education 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Acacia Ridge was $443.

In Acacia Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.4%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Bus 6.4%, Walked only 2.9% and Train 1.7%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Acacia Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Acacia Ridge, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Acacia Ridge, 37.4% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 25.9% were one parent families.

In Acacia Ridge 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Acacia Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,906 and those without children was $1,862.

Employment status of couple families

In Acacia Ridge, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 14.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Acacia Ridge, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Ridge, 92.9% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Acacia Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 71.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Ridge, 23.0% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 43.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Acacia Ridge, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Acacia Ridge, 28.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Acacia Ridge, 41.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Acacia Ridge, there were 398 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 190 (or 47.7%) were male and 208 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Acacia Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $984.

In Acacia Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.