Riverstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,191 people in Riverstone of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Riverstone was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Riverstone aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Riverstone was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Riverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Riverstone was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Riverstone 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Riverstone were Australian 31.3%, English 26.2%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 5.6% and Maltese 4.2%.

In Riverstone, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Malta 1.3%, Italy 1.2% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Riverstone, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Riverstone were Catholic 33.2%, Anglican 25.9%, No Religion 15.0%, Baptist 2.7% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Riverstone 85.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Maltese 1.8%, Arabic 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,998 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Riverstone. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Riverstone, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Riverstone was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Riverstone included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Professionals 13.5%, Labourers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Managers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Riverstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Riverstone was $559.

In Riverstone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Train 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 3.9% and Walked only 2.2%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Riverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Riverstone, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Riverstone, 45.7% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 22.4% were one parent families.

In Riverstone 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Riverstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,986 and those without children was $2,038.

Employment status of couple families

In Riverstone, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Riverstone, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riverstone, 94.7% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Riverstone, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riverstone, 31.9% were owned outright, 34.3% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Riverstone, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Riverstone, 23.8% 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 Riverstone, 32.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Riverstone, there were 265 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 139 (or 52.5%) were male and 126 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Riverstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $913.

In Riverstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.