Relbia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 645 people in Relbia of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Relbia was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Relbia aged 15 years and over, 65.6% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Relbia was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Relbia, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Relbia was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Relbia 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 37.2% in secondary school and 18.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Relbia were English 36.7%, Australian 34.1%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.9% and German 3.7%.

In Relbia, 89.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Relbia, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Relbia were Anglican 33.3%, No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 13.2%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.3%.

In Relbia 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.5%, Arabic 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 387 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Relbia. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Relbia, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Relbia was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Relbia included Professionals 20.6%, Managers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Relbia, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 4.2%, Building Installation Services 3.7% and Medical Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Relbia was $658.

In Relbia, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 1.6% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Relbia, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Relbia, 32.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Relbia, 58.7% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Relbia 53.8% of single parents were male and 46.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Relbia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,392 and those without children was $1,905.

Employment status of couple families

In Relbia, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 33.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Relbia, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Relbia, 92.8% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Relbia, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 7.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Relbia, 48.6% were owned outright, 41.0% were owned with a mortgage and 7.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Relbia, of all households, 88.0% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Relbia, 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.8% 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 Relbia, 8.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Relbia, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Relbia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Relbia, 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.