Rippleside

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 439 people in Rippleside of these 45.6% were male and 54.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rippleside was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Rippleside aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rippleside was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Rippleside, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rippleside was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Rippleside 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 24.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rippleside were English 26.8%, Australian 26.6%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.2% and Italian 4.6%.

In Rippleside, 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, Chile 0.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 0.7% and Germany 0.7%.

In Rippleside, 60.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rippleside were No Religion 32.2%, Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 11.0%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Rippleside 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.8%, Croatian 1.4%, Macedonian 1.1%, Spanish 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 244 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rippleside. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rippleside, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rippleside was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rippleside included Professionals 28.2%, Managers 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Rippleside, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 4.9%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.7% and Local Government Administration 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rippleside was $705.

In Rippleside, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.7%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 5.4%, Walked only 4.1% and Truck 2.9%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rippleside, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.8% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Rippleside, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rippleside, 47.1% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 10.1% were one parent families.

In Rippleside 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rippleside, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,471 and those without children was $1,957.

Employment status of couple families

In Rippleside, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 32.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rippleside, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rippleside, 86.9% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rippleside, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rippleside, 36.6% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Rippleside, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 6.8% were group households.

In Rippleside, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Rippleside, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rippleside, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Rippleside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Rippleside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,857.