Russell Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,473 people in Russell Island of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Russell Island was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.9% of the population.

Of people in Russell Island aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 24.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Russell Island was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Russell Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Russell Island was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Russell Island 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Russell Island were English 32.2%, Australian 24.1%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.2%.

In Russell Island, 68.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.0%, England 5.7%, Philippines 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and Germany 0.9%.

In Russell Island, 61.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Russell Island were No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Russell Island 85.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hungarian 0.5%, German 0.4%, French 0.4%, Filipino 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 702 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Russell Island. Of these 41.5% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 18.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Russell Island, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Russell Island was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Russell Island included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Labourers 16.3%, Professionals 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Russell Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.1%, School Education 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Russell Island was $347.

In Russell Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.1%, Ferry, car as driver 19.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 3.2% and Ferry, car as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 32.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Russell Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.2% 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 Russell Island, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Russell Island, 22.7% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Russell Island 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Russell Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,392.

Employment status of couple families

In Russell Island, of couple families with children, 6.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 11.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Russell Island, 72.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Russell Island, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Russell Island, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 35.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Russell Island, 37.5% were owned outright, 25.6% were owned with a mortgage and 33.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Russell Island, of all households, 59.5% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Russell Island, 51.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Russell Island, 53.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Russell Island, there were 79 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 40.5%) were male and 47 (or 59.5%) 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 Russell Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Russell Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.