Ripponlea

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,333 people were counted in Ripponlea: of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea there were 165 children aged 0-14 years and 228 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 1,126 people were Australian citizens, 409 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 28.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.1% were separated or divorced, 4.9% were widowed and 54.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 64.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ripponlea were England 4.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Poland 1.4%, India 1.4% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Ripponlea on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 10.7%, Judaism 10.1% and Orthodox 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Yiddish 3.4%, Greek 2.6%, Russian 2.3%, Italian 1.8% and Cantonese 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 71.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 848 people aged 15 years and over in Ripponlea were in the labour force. Of these 65.9% worked full-time, 25.7% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 289 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.2%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ripponlea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 14.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.4%, Education 5.4%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.2% and Health Services 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 297 families were counted: of these, 46.5% were couple families without children, 33.0% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 7.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 675 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ripponlea, 24.4% were separate houses, 11.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 61.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 21.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.8% were being purchased and 52.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 68.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ripponlea, 43.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 40.3% were single (or lone) person households and 13.5% were group households.