Robinvale Irrigation District Section E

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 383 people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E of these 57.2% were male and 42.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.6% of the population.

Of people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.0% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E were Italian 31.1%, Australian 20.8%, English 15.0%, Chinese 8.9% and Irish 6.5%.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 73.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Taiwan 5.7%, Vietnam 4.2%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.6%, Malaysia 2.6% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 56.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E were Catholic 49.3%, No Religion 11.0%, Anglican 9.7%, Buddhism 9.7% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E 65.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 9.9%, Mandarin 5.2%, Vietnamese 4.7%, Cantonese 4.7% and Greek 2.9%.

Employment

There were 178 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 1.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E included Managers 42.6%, Labourers 16.6%, Professionals 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 4.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 41.3%, School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 5.4%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 4.2% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E was $582.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Walked only 13.8%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 2.4% and Other 2.4%. 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 59.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 57.6% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,575 and those without children was $1,591.

Employment status of couple families

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% 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 Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 79.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 92.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.0% were other dwellings.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, of occupied private dwellings 10.6% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 36.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 41.1% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 7.9% were group households.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Robinvale Irrigation District Section E, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.