Rudds Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 506 people in Rudds Gully of these 75.5% were male and 24.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 47.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Rudds Gully was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.5% of the population.

Of people in Rudds Gully aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rudds Gully was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Rudds Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rudds Gully was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Rudds Gully 68.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 8.1% were in primary school, 2.6% in secondary school and 2.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rudds Gully were English 17.0%, Australian 16.8%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 3.6% and Italian 1.9%.

In Rudds Gully, 39.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.0% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Rudds Gully, 75.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rudds Gully were No Religion 11.5%, Anglican 11.3%, Catholic 8.9%, Uniting Church 2.0% and Pentecostal 1.2%.

In Rudds Gully 40.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Portuguese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 125 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rudds Gully. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rudds Gully, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rudds Gully was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Rudds Gully included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.2%, Professionals 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Labourers 9.8% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Rudds Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Road Freight Transport 7.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.9%, Metal Ore Mining 4.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rudds Gully was $724.

In Rudds Gully, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 5.0% and Truck 4.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rudds Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.0% provided care for children and 1.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.2% 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 Rudds Gully, 7.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rudds Gully, 37.5% were couple families with children, 53.1% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Rudds Gully 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rudds Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,650 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Rudds Gully, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 43.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rudds Gully, 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rudds Gully, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rudds Gully, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rudds Gully, 41.6% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 11.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Rudds Gully, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 10.4% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Rudds Gully, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Rudds Gully, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 51.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rudds Gully, there were 240 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 220 (or 91.7%) were male and 20 (or 8.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Rudds Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rudds Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.