Rappville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Rappville of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rappville was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Rappville aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 20.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rappville was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Rappville, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rappville was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Rappville 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.4% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rappville were Australian 36.8%, English 33.0%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 4.6% and German 4.6%.

In Rappville, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, England 1.3%, Scotland 1.3%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Rappville, 78.6% 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 Rappville were Anglican 30.5%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 14.8%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Rappville 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Arabic 1.6%.

Employment

There were 104 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rappville. Of these 42.3% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 12.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rappville, 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rappville was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Rappville included Managers 27.5%, Labourers 25.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Professionals 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Rappville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 15.2%, Residential Care Services 14.1%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 13.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.6% and Specialised Food Retailing 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rappville was $286.

In Rappville, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.3%, Walked only 4.4% and Truck 3.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rappville, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Rappville, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rappville, 38.8% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Rappville 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rappville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Rappville, of couple families with children, 8.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 12.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rappville, 80.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rappville, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rappville, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rappville, 48.6% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Rappville, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Rappville, 44.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Rappville, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rappville, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 33.3%) were male and 20 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Rappville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Rappville, 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.