Russell Lea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,780 people in Russell Lea of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Russell Lea was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Russell Lea aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Russell Lea was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Russell Lea, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Russell Lea was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Russell Lea 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 25.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Russell Lea were Australian 20.8%, English 18.8%, Italian 17.5%, Irish 8.8% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Russell Lea, 69.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.6%, England 3.1%, Greece 1.9%, New Zealand 1.5% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%.

In Russell Lea, 41.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Russell Lea were Catholic 46.3%, No Religion 16.0%, Anglican 13.6%, Eastern Orthodox 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Russell Lea 68.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.7%, Greek 4.5%, Cantonese 1.7%, Arabic 1.3% and Mandarin 1.1%.

Employment

There were 2,528 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Russell Lea. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Russell Lea, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Russell Lea was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Russell Lea included Professionals 32.3%, Managers 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Russell Lea, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Hospitals 3.1% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Russell Lea was $771.

In Russell Lea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Bus 13.3%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Walked only 1.8% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 18.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Russell Lea, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Russell Lea, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Russell Lea, 52.8% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Russell Lea 12.0% of single parents were male and 88.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Russell Lea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,256 and those without children was $2,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Russell Lea, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Russell Lea, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Russell Lea, 69.5% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Russell Lea, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 31.5% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Russell Lea, 38.4% were owned outright, 33.7% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Russell Lea, of all households, 71.3% were family households, 25.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Russell Lea, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.3% 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 Russell Lea, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Russell Lea, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Russell Lea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,066.

In Russell Lea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $227 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.