Red Range

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 606 people in Red Range of these 60.6% were male and 39.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Red Range was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Red Range aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Red Range was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Red Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Red Range was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Red Range 39.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.2% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Red Range were English 27.3%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.8% and German 4.8%.

In Red Range, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, United States of America 1.2%, Czech Republic 0.7%, Greece 0.5% and Ireland 0.5%.

In Red Range, 79.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Red Range were Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 15.7%, Catholic 15.1%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Red Range 74.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Czech 0.7%, Dutch 0.5%, Swedish 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Japanese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Red Range. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Red Range, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Red Range was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Red Range included Managers 47.3%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Professionals 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%, Sales Workers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Red Range, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 40.9%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, School Education 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.2% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Red Range was $347.

In Red Range, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.7%, Walked only 6.4%, Other 5.5%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Truck 3.6%. 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 46.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Red Range, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% 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 Red Range, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Red Range, 37.1% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Red Range 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Red Range, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Red Range, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Red Range, 75.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Range, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Red Range, of occupied private dwellings 8.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Range, 52.2% were owned outright, 24.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Red Range, of all households, 67.5% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Red Range, 42.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Red Range, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Red Range, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 80.4%) were male and 10 (or 19.6%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Red Range, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Red Range, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.