Ridgewood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 965 people were counted in Ridgewood: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood there were 321 children aged 0-14 years and 71 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 814 people were Australian citizens, 306 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 27.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 65.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ridgewood were England 15.3%, New Zealand 5.3%, Scotland 2.2%, Poland 1.0% and Zimbabwe 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Ridgewood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 20.6%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Polish 1.2%, Vietnamese 0.9%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.8%, Greek 0.6% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 453 people aged 15 years and over in Ridgewood were in the labour force. Of these 61.6% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.2% were unemployed. 182 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.1%, Associate Professionals 7.9%, Professionals 7.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ridgewood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 6.2%, Food Retailing 5.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.4%, Business Services 4.1% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 262 families were counted: of these, 26.3% were couple families without children, 59.9% were couple families with children, 13.7% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 298 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ridgewood, 99.0% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 16.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 65.8% were being purchased and 12.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ridgewood, 88.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 7.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.