Ringwood North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,657 people in Ringwood North of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ringwood North was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Ringwood North aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ringwood North was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Ringwood North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ringwood North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Ringwood North 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ringwood North were Australian 28.3%, English 27.5%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.4% and Italian 5.0%.

In Ringwood North, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Italy 1.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Ringwood North, 57.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ringwood North were Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Baptist 3.2%.

In Ringwood North 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 2.2%, Mandarin 1.4%, Cantonese 1.1%, Greek 1.0% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 5,304 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ringwood North. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ringwood North, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ringwood North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Ringwood North included Professionals 26.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.6%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Ringwood North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.2%, Building Installation Services 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ringwood North was $662.

In Ringwood North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train 3.3%, Train, car as driver 2.4% and Train, bus 1.4%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ringwood North, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Ringwood North, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ringwood North, 54.4% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Ringwood North 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ringwood North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,607 and those without children was $2,210.

Employment status of couple families

In Ringwood North, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ringwood North, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringwood North, 94.3% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ringwood North, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringwood North, 40.7% were owned outright, 46.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ringwood North, of all households, 83.4% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Ringwood North, 13.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.3% 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 Ringwood North, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ringwood North, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 58.6%) were male and 12 (or 41.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Ringwood North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Ringwood North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,379.