Red Cliffs

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,629 people were counted in Red Cliffs: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs there were 592 children aged 0-14 years and 774 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 2,439 people were Australian citizens, 210 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 50.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 11.9% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Red Cliffs were England 2.1%, Italy 1.4%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.5% and Hungary 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Red Cliffs on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 19.4%, No Religion 19.2%, Catholic 18.3%, Uniting Church 12.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.2%, Turkish 0.9%, Tongan 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4% and Greek 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,013 people aged 15 years and over in Red Cliffs were in the labour force. Of these 60.3% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 935 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 12.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Professionals 4.0%, Associate Professionals 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Red Cliffs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.6%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 5.0%, Food Retailing 3.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7% and Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 718 families were counted: of these, 39.4% were couple families without children, 42.6% were couple families with children, 17.5% were one parent families and 0.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 1,006 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Red Cliffs, 89.8% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.6% were being purchased and 24.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Red Cliffs, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.0% 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 Red Cliffs, 71.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.