Redesdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Redesdale of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Redesdale was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in Redesdale aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Redesdale was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Redesdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Redesdale was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Redesdale 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 31.7% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Redesdale were Australian 26.3%, English 25.8%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 10.9% and German 5.1%.

In Redesdale, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, Croatia 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Germany 1.5% and Italy 1.5%.

In Redesdale, 65.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Redesdale were No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 20.7%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5%.

In Redesdale 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.5% and Russian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Redesdale. Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 43.0% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Redesdale, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Redesdale was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Redesdale included Managers 29.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Professionals 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Redesdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.0%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, School Education 5.3% and Tertiary Education 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Redesdale was $443.

In Redesdale, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.4%, Car, as passenger 10.6% and Truck 4.4%. 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 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Redesdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.5% 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 Redesdale, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Redesdale, 34.1% were couple families with children, 54.9% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Redesdale 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Redesdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Redesdale, of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Redesdale, 66.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redesdale, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Redesdale, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 22.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redesdale, 53.2% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Redesdale, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Redesdale, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Redesdale, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Redesdale, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Redesdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Redesdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.