Ryan

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 126,615 people were counted in Ryan: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan there were 23,276 children aged 0-14 years and 24,762 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 110,523 people were Australian citizens, 34,041 were born overseas and 2,708 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 50.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 4.9% were widowed and 37.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 69.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ryan were England 5.2%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 1.4%, Viet Nam 1.4% and Malaysia 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Ryan on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 20.6%, No Religion 16.5%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Cantonese 1.5%, Italian 0.5% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 68,177 people aged 15 years and over in Ryan were in the labour force. Of these 57.7% worked full-time, 33.7% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 33,072 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.0%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Managers and Administrators 5.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ryan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.4%, Education 7.8%, Health Services 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9% and Food Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 33,104 families were counted: of these, 34.5% were couple families without children, 50.1% were couple families with children, 12.5% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 45,782 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ryan, 79.4% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.1% were being purchased and 25.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ryan, 71.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.3% were single (or lone) person households and 7.4% were group households.