Risdon Park South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,975 people in Risdon Park South of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Risdon Park South was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Risdon Park South aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Risdon Park South was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Risdon Park South, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Risdon Park South was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Risdon Park South 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Risdon Park South were Australian 37.0%, English 27.0%, Italian 7.3%, German 6.3% and Irish 5.9%.

In Risdon Park South, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Italy 0.9%, Pakistan 0.7%, South Africa 0.5% and Sri Lanka 0.5%.

In Risdon Park South, 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Risdon Park South were Catholic 30.5%, No Religion 24.4%, Uniting Church 12.5%, Anglican 9.2% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Risdon Park South 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, Greek 0.6%, Romanian 0.5%, Urdu 0.4% and Tamil 0.3%.

Employment

There were 913 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Risdon Park South. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Risdon Park South, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Risdon Park South was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Risdon Park South included Professionals 15.5%, Sales Workers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.7%, Managers 10.9% and Labourers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Risdon Park South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 12.2%, School Education 7.4%, Hospitals 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Risdon Park South was $498.

In Risdon Park South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.3%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bicycle 1.1%, Walked only 1.1% and Other 0.7%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Risdon Park South, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Risdon Park South, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Risdon Park South, 40.8% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Risdon Park South 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Risdon Park South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,244 and those without children was $1,963.

Employment status of couple families

In Risdon Park South, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Risdon Park South, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Risdon Park South, 78.4% were separate houses, 21.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Risdon Park South, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.8% had 2 bedrooms and 68.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Risdon Park South, 33.8% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Risdon Park South, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Risdon Park South, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Risdon Park South, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Risdon Park South, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 37.1%) were male and 22 (or 62.9%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Risdon Park South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Risdon Park South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $672.