Redbank Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,976 people in Redbank Plains of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Redbank Plains was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Redbank Plains aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Redbank Plains was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Redbank Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Redbank Plains was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Redbank Plains 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Redbank Plains were Australian 25.7%, English 25.7%, Scottish 5.6%, Irish 5.1% and Samoan 5.1%.

In Redbank Plains, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 10.2%, England 3.2%, Samoa 2.3%, Vietnam 0.9% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Redbank Plains, 49.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Redbank Plains were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Redbank Plains 78.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 5.1%, Vietnamese 1.6%, Spanish 0.7%, Arabic 0.7% and Dinka 0.6%.

Employment

There were 7,219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Redbank Plains. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Redbank Plains, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Redbank Plains was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Redbank Plains included Labourers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Professionals 9.2% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Redbank Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.2% and School Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Redbank Plains was $613.

In Redbank Plains, 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 9.1%, Train 2.3%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Redbank Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Redbank Plains, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Redbank Plains, 47.1% were couple families with children, 27.1% were couple families without children and 24.2% were one parent families.

In Redbank Plains 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Redbank Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,907 and those without children was $1,829.

Employment status of couple families

In Redbank Plains, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Redbank Plains, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redbank Plains, 91.3% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Redbank Plains, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redbank Plains, 12.9% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 49.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Redbank Plains, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Redbank Plains, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Redbank Plains, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Redbank Plains, there were 518 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 244 (or 47.1%) were male and 274 (or 52.9%) 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 Redbank Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,199.

In Redbank Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,690.