Maroondah (C) - Ringwood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 40,992 people were counted in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood there were 7,521 children aged 0-14 years and 10,249 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 36,643 people were Australian citizens, 8,390 were born overseas and 164 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 50.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 7.5% were widowed and 30.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 74.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Maroondah (C) - Ringwood were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.5%, No Religion 19.2%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Greek 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.6% and German 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 21,211 people aged 15 years and over in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood were in the labour force. Of these 61.6% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 10,916 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, Associate Professionals 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.7%, Education 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Health Services 4.2% and Construction Trade Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 11,245 families were counted: of these, 36.3% were couple families without children, 46.2% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 16,062 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 78.8% were separate houses, 14.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.0% were being purchased and 20.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 57.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Maroondah (C) - Ringwood, 69.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.