Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,749 people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale aged 15 years and over, 51.6% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.8% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale were Australian 21.3%, English 17.4%, Italian 12.7%, Tongan 6.4% and Irish 5.0%.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 64.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Tonga 3.9%, Vietnam 3.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Italy 2.2% and Fiji 1.9%.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 51.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 12.9%, Anglican 10.3%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Buddhism 8.6%.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale 59.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 8.0%, Italian 5.3%, Vietnamese 4.4%, Mandarin 1.8% and Fijian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 1,559 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale included Managers 28.8%, Labourers 22.4%, Professionals 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 27.0%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 6.7%, Hospitals 5.5%, School Education 4.8% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale was $451.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Car, as passenger 10.0%, Walked only 10.0%, Bus 1.0% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 41.2% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,591 and those without children was $1,469.

Employment status of couple families

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, of couple families with children, 23.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 17.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 90.4% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 33.0% were owned outright, 22.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 32.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, there were 296 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 123 (or 41.6%) were male and 173 (or 58.4%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $524.

In Swan Hill (RC) - Robinvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,445.