Ridgeway

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 168 people in Ridgeway of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Ridgeway was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.0% of the population.

Of people in Ridgeway aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ridgeway was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Ridgeway, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ridgeway was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Ridgeway 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 26.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ridgeway were Australian 31.0%, English 31.0%, Scottish 4.9%, Irish 4.9% and German 4.0%.

In Ridgeway, 75.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.7%, Germany 3.6%, United States of America 2.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.8% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Ridgeway, 56.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ridgeway were No Religion 44.0%, Anglican 22.9%, Christian, nfd 6.0%, Catholic 4.2% and Buddhism 3.6%.

In Ridgeway 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 3.6%, Spanish 2.4%, Greek 1.8% and Mandarin 1.8%.

Employment

There were 94 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ridgeway. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ridgeway, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The only other responses for occupation in Ridgeway were Professionals 36.6%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Ridgeway, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Electricity Generation 5.4%, Building Installation Services 5.4%, Textile, Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling 5.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ridgeway was $871.

In Ridgeway, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Truck 3.2%, Bicycle 3.2% and Walked only 3.2%. 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 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ridgeway, of people aged 15 years and over, 88.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Ridgeway, 48.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ridgeway, 47.8% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Ridgeway 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ridgeway, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Ridgeway, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ridgeway, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ridgeway, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ridgeway, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ridgeway, 38.6% were owned outright, 56.1% were owned with a mortgage and 5.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ridgeway, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Ridgeway, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.8% 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 Ridgeway, 19.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ridgeway, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Ridgeway, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Ridgeway, 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.