Ravenswood (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 475 people in Ravenswood (NSW) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ravenswood (NSW) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.8% of the population.

Of people in Ravenswood (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 35.9% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ravenswood (NSW) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Ravenswood (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 35.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ravenswood (NSW) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Ravenswood (NSW) 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ravenswood (NSW) were Australian 44.1%, English 27.0%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 5.0% and German 1.8%.

In Ravenswood (NSW), 91.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, South Africa 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Ravenswood (NSW), 89.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ravenswood (NSW) were Catholic 41.1%, Anglican 34.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.6%, No Religion 8.2% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.0%.

In Ravenswood (NSW) 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.8% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ravenswood (NSW). Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 14.3% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ravenswood (NSW), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ravenswood (NSW) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ravenswood (NSW) included Managers 16.7%, Professionals 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Ravenswood (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.7%, Other Crop Growing 5.5% and Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ravenswood (NSW) was $427.

In Ravenswood (NSW), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 13.6%, Walked only 3.1% and Truck 1.9%. 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 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ravenswood (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.7% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Ravenswood (NSW), 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ravenswood (NSW), 33.9% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 29.6% were one parent families.

In Ravenswood (NSW) 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ravenswood (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,463 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Ravenswood (NSW), of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ravenswood (NSW), 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ravenswood (NSW), 86.3% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 7.1% were other dwellings.

In Ravenswood (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ravenswood (NSW), 34.2% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Ravenswood (NSW), of all households, 57.1% were family households, 39.4% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Ravenswood (NSW), 42.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Ravenswood (NSW), 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ravenswood (NSW), there were 123 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49 (or 39.8%) were male and 74 (or 60.2%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Ravenswood (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $591.

In Ravenswood (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $555.