Raymond Terrace

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,725 people in Raymond Terrace of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Raymond Terrace was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Raymond Terrace aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Raymond Terrace was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Raymond Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Raymond Terrace was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Raymond Terrace 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Raymond Terrace were Australian 35.6%, English 31.9%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.6% and German 3.0%.

In Raymond Terrace, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.5%, Malaysia 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Raymond Terrace, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Raymond Terrace were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Raymond Terrace 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.2%, Samoan 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Arabic 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,533 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Raymond Terrace. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Raymond Terrace, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Raymond Terrace was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Raymond Terrace included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Labourers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Professionals 10.5% and Managers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Raymond Terrace, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Defence 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, School Education 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Raymond Terrace was $487.

In Raymond Terrace, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 1.9%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Raymond Terrace, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Raymond Terrace, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Raymond Terrace, 39.4% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 25.6% were one parent families.

In Raymond Terrace 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Raymond Terrace, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,025 and those without children was $1,875.

Employment status of couple families

In Raymond Terrace, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Raymond Terrace, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Raymond Terrace, 85.2% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Raymond Terrace, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Raymond Terrace, 26.4% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 38.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Raymond Terrace, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Raymond Terrace, 29.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Raymond Terrace, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Raymond Terrace, there were 819 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 394 (or 48.1%) were male and 425 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Raymond Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,039.

In Raymond Terrace, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.