Ringwood North

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,406 people were counted in Ringwood North: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North there were 2,078 children aged 0-14 years and 1,900 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 8,631 people were Australian citizens, 1,744 were born overseas and 48 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 59.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.7% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 28.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 77.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ringwood North were England 4.9%, Italy 1.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Ringwood North on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 17.6%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Baptist 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.5%, Cantonese 1.0%, Greek 1.0%, German 0.5% and Netherlandic 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,118 people aged 15 years and over in Ringwood North were in the labour force. Of these 61.1% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 1,994 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.7%, Associate Professionals 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Managers and Administrators 6.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ringwood North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.1%, Education 5.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.3%, Health Services 4.8% and Construction Trade Services 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 2,624 families were counted: of these, 29.6% were couple families without children, 58.4% were couple families with children, 10.6% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 3,135 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ringwood North, 95.1% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 47.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.4% were being purchased and 8.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ringwood North, 83.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.