Stony Rise

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 798 people in Stony Rise of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Stony Rise was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Stony Rise aged 15 years and over, 63.1% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stony Rise was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Stony Rise, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stony Rise was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Stony Rise 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stony Rise were Australian 41.2%, English 33.3%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.5% and Dutch 1.4%.

In Stony Rise, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Stony Rise, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stony Rise were No Religion 29.9%, Anglican 20.0%, Catholic 15.0%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Christian, nfd 4.4%.

In Stony Rise 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swahili 0.9%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.4%, French 0.4% and Sinhalese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 409 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stony Rise. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stony Rise, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stony Rise was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Stony Rise included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Labourers 12.4%, Professionals 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Stony Rise, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Residential Building Construction 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.0% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stony Rise was $582.

In Stony Rise, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 76.6%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Other 1.0%, Truck 0.8% and Bicycle 0.8%. 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 82.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stony Rise, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Stony Rise, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stony Rise, 50.4% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Stony Rise 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stony Rise, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Stony Rise, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stony Rise, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stony Rise, 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 Stony Rise, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stony Rise, 31.7% were owned outright, 54.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Stony Rise, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Stony Rise, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Stony Rise, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stony Rise, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 58.1%) were male and 13 (or 41.9%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Stony Rise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Stony Rise, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $238 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,463.