Ramsgate Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,462 people in Ramsgate Beach of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Ramsgate Beach was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.8% of the population.

Of people in Ramsgate Beach aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ramsgate Beach was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Ramsgate Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ramsgate Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Ramsgate Beach 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ramsgate Beach were English 19.3%, Australian 17.7%, Greek 10.8%, Irish 6.6% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Ramsgate Beach, 61.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 3.6%, Egypt 2.8%, England 2.3%, New Zealand 2.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In Ramsgate Beach, 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ramsgate Beach were Catholic 25.9%, Anglican 18.7%, Eastern Orthodox 18.0%, No Religion 9.9% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Ramsgate Beach 59.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 10.5%, Spanish 3.1%, Arabic 3.1%, Macedonian 2.5% and Serbian 2.1%.

Employment

There were 693 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ramsgate Beach. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ramsgate Beach, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ramsgate Beach was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Ramsgate Beach included Professionals 22.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Labourers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Ramsgate Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Air and Space Transport 3.9%, Hospitals 3.6%, School Education 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ramsgate Beach was $622.

In Ramsgate Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Train, bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 4.7% and Train, car as driver 3.5%. On the day, 17.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ramsgate Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.1% 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 Ramsgate Beach, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ramsgate Beach, 35.2% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 19.2% were one parent families.

In Ramsgate Beach 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ramsgate Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Ramsgate Beach, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ramsgate Beach, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ramsgate Beach, 44.0% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 50.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ramsgate Beach, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 48.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ramsgate Beach, 43.1% were owned outright, 19.9% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Ramsgate Beach, of all households, 54.1% were family households, 43.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Ramsgate Beach, 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Ramsgate Beach, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ramsgate Beach, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 4 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 Ramsgate Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Ramsgate Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.