Red Rock

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 310 people in Red Rock of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Red Rock was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.8% of the population.

Of people in Red Rock aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Red Rock was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Red Rock, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Red Rock was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Red Rock 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.3% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Red Rock were Australian 31.7%, English 28.7%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 8.6% and German 2.8%.

In Red Rock, 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Red Rock, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Red Rock were No Religion 29.1%, Anglican 27.5%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Red Rock 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Red Rock. Of these 35.6% were employed full time, 47.5% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Red Rock, 29.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Red Rock was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Red Rock included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Professionals 15.6%, Labourers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Managers 9.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Red Rock, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 7.5%, Accommodation 4.7%, Real Estate Services 4.7%, School Education 4.7% and Child Care Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Red Rock was $429.

In Red Rock, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.2%, Walked only 8.4% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.8%. 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 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Red Rock, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.7% 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, 25.6% 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 Rock, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Red Rock, 23.5% were couple families with children, 49.4% were couple families without children and 27.2% were one parent families.

In Red Rock 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Red Rock, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,218 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Red Rock, of couple families with children, 9.8% had both partners employed full-time, 13.1% had both employed part-time and 4.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Red Rock, 56.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 44.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Rock, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Red Rock, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 38.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Rock, 50.0% were owned outright, 18.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Red Rock, of all households, 64.5% were family households, 33.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Red Rock, 46.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Rock, 54.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Red Rock, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 72.7%) were male and 6 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Rock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Red Rock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,037.