Peats Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 330 people in Peats Ridge of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Peats Ridge was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Peats Ridge aged 15 years and over, 54.7% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peats Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Peats Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peats Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Peats Ridge 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peats Ridge were Australian 30.6%, English 24.2%, Italian 9.0%, Scottish 3.8% and Irish 3.8%.

In Peats Ridge, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, Cyprus 0.9%, Egypt 0.9% and Greece 0.9%.

In Peats Ridge, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peats Ridge were Catholic 36.2%, No Religion 17.3%, Anglican 16.7%, Eastern Orthodox 5.5% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Peats Ridge 83.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 5.2%, Greek 3.1%, Cantonese 2.1% and Hebrew 1.2%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peats Ridge. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peats Ridge, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peats Ridge was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Peats Ridge included Managers 44.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%, Sales Workers 5.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Professionals 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Peats Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Poultry Farming 9.4%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.4%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 5.4% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peats Ridge was $577.

In Peats Ridge, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 41.5%, Walked only 8.8%, Other 3.4% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peats Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Peats Ridge, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peats Ridge, 51.2% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Peats Ridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peats Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Peats Ridge, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peats Ridge, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peats Ridge, 93.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.2% were other dwellings.

In Peats Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 31.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peats Ridge, 31.6% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Peats Ridge, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Peats Ridge, 17.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Peats Ridge, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peats Ridge, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Peats Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Peats Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.