Postmans Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 387 people in Postmans Ridge of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Postmans Ridge was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Postmans Ridge aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Postmans Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Postmans Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Postmans Ridge was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Postmans Ridge 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.2% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Postmans Ridge were Australian 35.9%, English 27.4%, German 9.8%, Scottish 6.9% and Irish 6.2%.

In Postmans Ridge, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, England 2.9%, Malaysia 1.3% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Postmans Ridge, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Postmans Ridge were Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 20.2%, No Religion 17.4%, Christian, nfd 6.2% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Postmans Ridge 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.8% and Italian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 241 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Postmans Ridge. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Postmans Ridge, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Postmans Ridge was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Postmans Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 13.7%, Labourers 13.3%, Managers 12.4%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Postmans Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.1%, School Education 5.3%, State Government Administration 3.5%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.1% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Postmans Ridge was $649.

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In Postmans Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Postmans Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.3% 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 Postmans Ridge, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Postmans Ridge, 45.7% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 14.7% were one parent families.

In Postmans Ridge 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Postmans Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,113 and those without children was $2,071.

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Employment status of couple families

In Postmans Ridge, of couple families with children, 26.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Postmans Ridge, 97.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Postmans Ridge, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Postmans Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Postmans Ridge, 29.7% were owned outright, 57.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Postmans Ridge, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Postmans Ridge, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Postmans Ridge, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Postmans Ridge, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Postmans Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Postmans Ridge, 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.